A crowd walks through St. Augustine on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, as part of the annual Out of the Darkness Walk organized by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention North Florida. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits the Lincoln Memorial University campus in Orange Park on Oct. 21, 2026. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Mary Blocker-Williams, left, is the President of the AFSCME Local 1328. She is joined by Lindsay Stephens, a registered nurse and vice president of AFSCME Local 1781 during an Oct. 14, 2026 demonstration outside UF Health's campus in Brentwood. The two unions have accused UF Health Jacksonville of Unfair Labor Practices in a grievance filed with the National Labor Relations Board on Sept. 18 of this year. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

From left, Kent Donahue. public information officer at the Florida Department of Health in Orange County; Tom Bendle with the department's Division of Disease Control; and Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo list to a speaker during a hearing Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, on school immunization requirements. | Florida Department of Health, Facebook

Elaine Seaver heads up research on a small species of marine worm at the University of Florida's Whitney Lab in Marineland. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Inmates in the Duval County jail are among those awaiting transfer to a state hospital for mental health treatment, a lawsuit says. | Simone Endress, Jacksonville Today

Baptist Health is opening a new emergency room at its recently opened medical campus in Silverleaf | Baptist Health

Jaguars punter Logan Cooke helped families affected by childhood cancer enjoy a shopping spree inside a Winn-Dixie in Jacksonville's Arlington neighborhood on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. Winn-Dixie and the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund combined to provide groceries to 31 families during the middle of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

A mosquito, which can transmit West Nile Virus. | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

UF Health Jacksonville Chief Medical Officer Dr. Chirag Patel says UF Health's first mobile care unit will allow the system to expand its compassion, preventive medicine and care. The converted residential vehicle was unveiled Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Clay County Clerk of Court Tara Green, center, was joined by Sheriff Michelle Cook, left and others to announce a new guardianship task force. | News4Jax

Florida state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo speaks in 2021 after being named to his post by Gov. Ron DeSantis. | Ryan Dailey, News Service of Florida

In this file photo, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo speaks to supporters and members of the media before a bill signing by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon. | Chris O'Meara, AP

The Mayo Clinic campus in Jacksonville was the No. 1 hospital in Florida in the U.S. News' 2026-27 rankings. Mayo also was named to the Honor Roll, comprising the 20 best hospitals in the nation. | Mayo Clinic

Amid a cyclospora outbreak, doctors caution that washing produce with water may not be enough. | Jessica Palombo, Jacksonville Today

This 8,558-square-foot oceanfront home at 1185 and 1187 Ponte Vedra Blvd. sold for $20 million July 13, 2026, with proceeds benefiting The Sontag Foundation. | Jacksonville Daily Record

The apartment complex for men is nearing completion at the Sulzbacher's new Enterprise Village, as seen in May. | Sulzbacher