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Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 10:21 PM EST
|By Camron Lunn
Tuesday UF Health staff held a ribbon-cutting for the midwife team and their clinic on the third floor of UF Health Shands
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Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 6:01 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
HCA Florida Lake City Hospital is adding a nearly 60,000 square foot two-story tower.
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Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
The new National Material Health Hotline phone number is 1-833-943-5746.
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Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 6:09 AM EDT
|By Lisa Sacaccio
Working from home during the pandemic could have negatively impacted your feet. The Director of GHF's Personal Training shares ways to help get rid of foot pain.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 7:35 PM EDT
|By Julia Laude
The U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade last Friday. It gives individual states the authority to decide how to regulate - or outlaw - abortion. Florida is one state with new abortion legislation ready to be implemented.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 5:50 PM EDT
|By Julia Laude
Three-quarters of all men would rather “go shopping with their wife or significant other than go to the doctor,” according to a 2019 study from the Cleveland Clinic.
Updated: May. 30, 2022 at 6:10 AM EDT
|By Lisa Sacaccio
Unplug Yoga is a 60 minute class held twice a week, and can benefit your mind and body.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 12:09 AM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
The Florida department of health in Marion County is teaming up with advent health Ocala
and the Well Florida Council to learn about the community’s health profile.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 6:24 PM EDT
|By Dylan Lyons
The biotech industry is expanding in Alachua, and companies are moving to North Central Florida from across the country.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 7:31 PM EDT
|By Julia Laude
Staff scheduled three town halls at each of the non-profit's clubs. The first meeting at the Ocala location has already passed, with officials calling it a success.
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Updated: Apr. 8, 2022 at 6:10 PM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
Symptoms include fever, headache, stiff neck, confusion, and rash.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 4:26 PM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a test that can get results in less than a minute.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2022 at 7:07 AM EDT
|By Lisa Sacaccio
Show your body some TLC by giving your muscles some motion with stretching.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 7:48 PM EDT
|By Julia Laude
“I was dying on the inside. The silent cries at night," Bariatric patient, Doris Bostick said before undergoing surgery with Doctor Reginald Griffin.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2022 at 7:18 AM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
Our friends at Gainesville Health and Fitness show us some exercises you can try on their equipment.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2022 at 6:15 PM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
With all the rain we’ve had, standing water is an invitation for blood-sucking pests.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 5:36 PM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
The notice was put into effect after an outside contractor damaged a water main.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 6:14 AM EDT
|By Lisa Sacaccio
Whether you are avoiding sweets for Lent, or want a healthy alternative, Black Bean Brownies are your solution.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 5:17 PM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
A new UF study finds telehealth services can be just as helpful for losing weight as in-person services.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 5:09 PM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
UF researchers made a discovery with the potential to change how cancer is treated.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 6:34 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
63-year-old Richard Thibault Jr of Fort White is in the Alachua County Jail on a $100,000 bond. He was booked in on a charge of sexual assault, lewd and lascivious molestation of an elderly disabled person.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2022 at 6:27 PM EST
|By Julia Laude
The more over weight you are, the more serious your COVID symptoms are likely to be, and greater your chances are of being hospitalized or ending up in an ICU.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2022 at 10:53 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
An Ocala-based law firm has launched a website to help in the search for defendants in an injury lawsuit.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2022 at 10:49 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Along with CPR, participants will be taught techniques to stop bleeding.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 7:37 PM EST
|By Julia Laude
Several HCA hospitals around north central Florida will now operate under new names.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2022 at 4:32 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Lawsuits are expected to be filed after the bill is signed.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 4:31 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Most are having trouble meeting the staffing requirement because they can’t hire enough people.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 6:12 PM EST
|By Julia Laude
James Kaiser has been to see many doctors over the years, but said none of them have given him the time and attention like Heart Specialist, Celso Acevedo.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 5:27 PM EST
|By Jordyn Markhoff
The Ronald McDonald House of North Central Florida is helping keep families close to their children at UF Health Shands.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 9:58 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Marion County’s Fire Chief James Banta is calling on the generosity of the community to help a firefighter recovering from a battle with COVID-19.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 4:26 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
House Bill 7065 will provide nearly seventy million in grants to help fathers find a job, satisfy child support obligations, transition from being in jail, and getting parenting education.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2022 at 10:06 PM EST
|By Camron Lunn
Dr. Charles Klodell of NFRMC and Dr. Jennifer Co-Vu discuss the effects of COVID-19 on the heart.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 4:54 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Florida’s ban is modeled after a Mississippi statute that has already made it to the US Supreme Court.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2022 at 7:15 AM EST
|By Lisa Sacaccio
Strengthen your muscles through movement with Pilates machines at the GHF Tioga location
Updated: Jan. 26, 2022 at 11:13 PM EST
|By Camille Syed
The app improves communication with new mothers and possibly save lives.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2022 at 4:07 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
During the tense hearing Dr. Joseph Ladapo, when asked said vaccines aren’t the only answer when it comes to fighting COVID-19.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2022 at 5:51 PM EST
|By Dylan Lyons
North Central Florida health care services are transitioning to different COVID-19 treatments after the Biden administration halted distribution of the Regeneron and Eli Lilly monoclonal antibody therapies.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2022 at 11:28 AM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Monoclonal antibody treatment sites are shutting down state-wide
Updated: Jan. 20, 2022 at 9:30 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases from the omicron variant, UF Health Shands is updating its masking policy.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2022 at 5:55 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
The proposed abortion legislation shaves nine weeks off a woman’s right to legally abort.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 6:15 PM EST
|By Camron Lunn
Cases are up at UF Health Shands, but the increase week to week is not as high as it has been
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 5:18 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Researchers at UF Health are getting 6.6 million dollars to study HIV treatments.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 at 10:44 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Researchers at UF have found a way to customize treatments for children dealing with leukemia.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 3:24 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
If you are looking for a nutritionally balanced vegetable for a snack or dinner then asparagus is a great choice.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 10:53 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Alachua County is trying to pay people with gift cards to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2022 at 5:39 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
The festivities for last year may still have you overwhelmed.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 at 5:12 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
81 inmates at the Alachua County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19, and health care providers are administering Johnson & Johnson vaccines to curb the current outbreak.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2022 at 9:45 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
When school returns on Tuesday employees, volunteers, and visitors are required to wear masks.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2021 at 5:37 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Alachua County Animal Resources and care has suspended adoptions and intakes after a viral outbreak.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2021 at 10:46 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Potentially groundbreaking cancer research at University of Florida Health Shands is getting $2.5M dollars in funding.