September 4, 2025
City Council is poised to lower the city’s millage rate while Mayor Donna Deegan argues against it at town hall…
August 26, 2025
Jax mayor and City Council president spar over budget cuts
With budget hearings wrapped up, City Council will now debate whether to cut programs to reduce taxes.…
August 8, 2025
City budget panel outlines cuts to pay for tax reduction
Health care initiatives and some community projects are among expenditures on the chopping block.…
July 7, 2025
Amazon moves to add pharmacy services in Duval County
Amazon is making moves to add its online pharmacy service to its existing dozen fulfillment and delivery centers in Northeast…
June 30, 2025
Gilchrist and Amy Berg give $50M to Mayo Clinic
The money will be used to accelerate global health care innovation.…
June 24, 2025
Give blood, get a free A1c test this summer
The nonprofit community blood center LifeSouth is offering free A1c test this summer to entice more people to give blood.…
May 8, 2025
Westside High students get early jump on medical careers
Students in the school’s medical magnet program will receive both diplomas and certifcation as nursing assistants.…
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.…
April 1, 2025
UF Health Flagler settles 8-month stalemate with Aetna
UF Health Flagler announced it will be back in network with Aetna, meaning lower costs for patients.…
February 27, 2025
UF Health and United Healthcare remain at odds
Nearly 75,000 people are paying more for medical care because UF Health and United Healthcare have not reached an agreement.…
January 8, 2025
Baptist plans expansion of emergency department
Baptist proposes a 110,000-square-foot, four-story expansion at its Downtown campus.…
August 19, 2024
Patients wait as Baptist Health and Florida Blue battle over costs
If the two do not come to an agreement, as many as 50,000 people will be forced to find new…
July 31, 2024
Medical office planned on Downtown Southbank
ShareMD will open the first non-hospital medical office development Downtown in more than 20 years.…
June 26, 2024
UNF begins doctoral program in health administration
The program will emphasize global health leadership and advanced management of health care facilities and institutions.…
April 9, 2024
Assessing Jacksonville’s health insurance campaign
The Get Covered Jax program signed up nearly 41,000 people for health insurance, but it trailed other large metro areas…
February 23, 2024
Major Florida health plan heads to governor
The wide-ranging plan seeks to keep more doctors in Florida, promote innovation and shift patients away from emergency rooms.…
January 12, 2024
Costs overwhelm UF Health in care for poor and inmates
Northeast Florida’s largest hospital and central caregiver for the needy is in dire straits — without a dedicated source of…
December 20, 2023
Mayo pledges $5 million toward Sulzbacher campus
Mayo Clinic Florida will provide medical services in Northwest Jacksonville, an area in desperate need of health care.…
December 8, 2023
Thousands of Duval residents sign up for health insurance
The number of people without health insurance has plummeted nearly 22% in Duval County in a month.…
December 6, 2023
Clinics will close at 10 Walgreens in Jacksonville
Village Medical said it will close 60 clinics across the country to concentrate on more profitable locations.…
November 28, 2023
Seven Jacksonville hospitals get A’s for safety
Of the 14 hospitals in the Jacksonville area, seven received A’s from The Leapfrog Group, a health care watchdog organization.…
September 14, 2023
UF Health completes merger with Flagler Health+
The merger results in two name changes. Flagler Health+ is now known as UF Health St. Johns, and Flagler Hospital…
August 7, 2023
For Jacksonville’s Muslim American clinic founder, helping the uninsured is personal
When Tina Barker left a Jacksonville emergency room eight years ago diagnosed with Behcet’s disease, a rare disorder that gave…