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Florida's Worst Counties For Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Posted 04.29.2013 | Miami
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Wrap it up, Sunshine Staters! Statistics from the Florida Department of Health show which of the state's 67 counties have had the most and least n...

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What A Milky White Sky Means

Sun Sentinel | David Fleshler | Posted 04.03.2013 | Miami
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In April the tourists depart, and the air pollution arrives. Although South Florida's air quality is generally good, the window between winter's cool...

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CEO Charged With Stealing Millions From Community Health Center

Sun Sentinel | Wayne K. Roustan | Posted 04.15.2013 | Miami
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The former CEO of the Miami Beach Community Health Center was charged on Wednesday with embezzling millions of dollars from federal, state, and commun...

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STUDY: What Drugs Are Killing Floridians

The Huffington Post | Christiana Lilly | Posted 10.26.2012 | Miami
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Fewer Floridians are dying from prescription drug abuse for the first time in years and Miami is still a capital of cocaine abuse, according to a newl...

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Is It A Cluster? DOH Weighs In

Posted 10.22.2012 | Miami
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The Florida Department of Heath says an alleged cancer cluster near a Hialeah recycling plant is consistent with the state's cancer rates. "We have...

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Inside Miami's Cancer Cluster

Miami New Times | Jon Tayler | Posted 10.16.2012 | Miami
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Cancer was killing Ethel Frazier. For a year, the disease wracked her body. Round after round of chemotherapy had left the 64-year-old frail and exhau...

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Ruling In $30M Suit Against Miami VA For Unclean Colonoscopy

AP | Posted 10.12.2012 | Miami
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MIAMI -- A Miami federal judge ruled in favor of a veteran who says shoddy hygiene practices at a Veterans Administration hospital caused his hepatiti...

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