The Latest Breaking News from Department of Health

The audit of Florida COVID-19 cases and deaths ought to enrage every Floridian who has lost a loved one to the pandemic.

Confusion and lack of awareness around who qualifies for COVID antivirals — and who doesn't — may be why some eligible patients aren't getting the medications.

Corrie Summers was with her baby and recovering after an emergency caesarean when cigarette smoke blew into the maternity ward from a nearby park. The hospital says the park is on council land and the Mayor says smoking is legal there — but an expert warns mums could sue if…

Florida’s COVID-19 data was so inaccurate, incomplete and delayed during the first months of the pandemic that government officials and the public may not have had necessary information to determine the effectiveness of the state’s COVID-19 precautions and the best plan to fight the virus, according to a state report…

Two mental health treatment centres in Tasmania's north have closed due to COVID outbreaks — with a health union blasting what it says is a "lack of planning" and a parent fearing for those desperate for help.

Several Florida Planned Parenthood chapters and individual abortion providers filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban.

The musician’s action comes in response to a Rolling Stone article by minister Robin Swann defending his department’s response to the pandemic

From public hygiene to case number surveillance, Australian health authorities are better placed than ever to monitor and combat the spread of flu.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A claim by data expert Rebekah Jones that her bosses at the Florida Department of Health intentionally falsified COVID case data as Gov. Ron DeSantis was attempting to reopen the state is unfounded, according to an internal inspector general’s report conducted by her former agency.

Brandon Lewis said he has both a moral and legal duty to ensure women and girls have the same access to health care as in the rest of the UK.

She says she is 'lost for words' over the current situation