Study links elevated pollution levels to breast cancer
One in eight women living in the U.S. will receive a breast cancer diagnosis in their lifetime, according to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The...
Wildfire smoke reducing air quality on Tuesday
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has made it all the way down the East Coast into Florida. It’s causing spots of relatively poor air quality on...
No personal helicopters: Orange County considers ways to expand addiction services using opioid settlement funds | Orlando Area News | Orlando
click to enlarge Orange County leaders on Tuesday heard tentative plans for how the county could spend the millions of dollars it’s set to receive...
Transgender adults ask judge to block new Florida law restricting access to gender-affirming care | Florida News | Orlando
click to enlarge Citing a “crisis of availability” of care, transgender people are asking a federal judge to block a new state law making it...
Florida hospital workers approve new union contract, addressing wages and safe staffing concerns | Orlando Area News | Orlando
click to enlarge photo by McKenna Schueler Employees of HCA Florida Osceola Hospital rally outside the hospital over understaffing, which they say is creating unsafe...
Seminole County activates heat advisory and extreme weather plan | Orlando Area News | Orlando
click to enlarge Residents of Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary, Oviedo, Sanford and surrounding cities, listen up. Due to high temperatures, Seminole County is now under...
Florida medical board approves emergency rule that allows continuing trans care for children and adults | Florida News | Orlando
click to enlarge The Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine on Tuesday approved an emergency rule that will allow transgender children and adults to continue obtaining...
Sanford nurses rally for safe staffing, joining a national day of labor action | Orlando Area News | Orlando
click to enlarge National Nurses United Nurses rally outside of HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital in Sanford, calling for industry-wide safe staffing standards. A group...
Florida hospital workers will refuse to take on voluntary overtime next month, file labor complaint | Orlando Area News | Orlando
click to enlarge photo by McKenna Schueler Employees of HCA Florida Osceola Hospital rally outside the hospital over understaffing, which they say is creating unsafe...
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill to outlaw COVID-19 mandates | Florida News | Orlando
click to enlarge Photo via Ron DeSantis/Twitter With opposition to COVID-19 mandates a key part of his political brand, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed...