October 17, 2025
Ascension received a telehealth grant that could help address infant mortality in Duval County.…
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October 7, 2025
Barnabas Center helping more of Nassau’s needy
Barnabas Center is expanding to western Nassau County because of growing demand for its services.…
September 21, 2025
Infant mortality efforts in Jacksonville face local funding cut, federal policy changes
The Jacksonville City Council is cutting funding to fight the city’s high infant mortality rate, as doctors also bemoan federal…
September 17, 2025
#AskJAXTDY | Should I report my positive COVID test so it can be tracked?
A Jacksonville Today reader took a COVID test and found she had the disease. Should she report the result somewhere?…
September 3, 2025
Florida plans to end all childhood vaccine mandates
Children would no longer be required to get shots for measles, chickenpox, polio and other diseases.…
April 22, 2025
UF Health reaches agreement with UnitedHealthcare
UF Health announces people with employer-sponsored commercial plans as well as Medicaid are in network under the agreement with UnitedHealthcare.…
April 9, 2025
NIH cutbacks stifle research at Florida’s universities
Florida A&M, the state’s only public historically Black university, will lose funding for cancer research.…
January 2, 2025
Sexual assault victims get more help in St. Johns County
The Betty Griffin Center will expand services for sexual assault victims at Ascension St. Vincent’s St. Johns hospital.…
December 26, 2024
Trash incinerators do most harm to communities of color
Six of nine incinerators in Florida are in places with higher percentages of Black and Hispanic people.…
October 2, 2024
AdventHealth plans expansion into St. Johns County
AdventHealth, one of the largest faith-based health systems in the U.S., plans a freestanding emergency room southwest of St. Augustine.…
September 16, 2024
New medical center on the way in West Augustine, thanks to county, state funding
St. Johns County has broken ground on a new medical center in a historically underserved community. …
June 14, 2024
Baptist opening emergency room in St. Augustine
Baptist Health officials say the new ER will bring emergency care closer to home in St. Johns County.…
April 11, 2022
Capturing the magic of Black motherhood despite the maternal mortality crisis
It’s one thing to know something. It’s an entirely different experience to be immersed in your knowledge, feel it with…