Category: 6. Health

Continue Reading

  • Texas A&M researchers uncover new insights into bone healing challenges for people with Down syndrome – Texas A&M Stories

    Texas A&M researchers uncover new insights into bone healing challenges for people with Down syndrome – Texas A&M Stories

    Around 350,000 people in the United States have Down syndrome (DS), a genetic condition associated with lower bone mass and increased risk of bone fracture. Research from Texas A&M University has previously shown that when people with…

    Continue Reading

  • Promoting Health in Homeless Shelters

    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the homeless population is at a higher risk of coming in contact with tuberculosis (TB) than the settled (housed) population.  The risk factors for the homeless…

    Continue Reading

  • Tuberculosis Tests for Work or School

    Tuberculosis Tests for Work or School

    Continue Reading

  • Florida Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program – Florida Department of Health in Osceola County (.gov)

    Florida Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program – Florida Department of Health in Osceola County (.gov)

    1. Florida Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program  Florida Department of Health in Osceola County (.gov)
    2. Mobile Mammography – 1/09/2026  Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County (.gov)
    3. Florida Department of Health Offers Free…

    Continue Reading

  • HIV/AIDS Reporting – Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County

    If you are a Pinellas or Pasco County health care provider or laboratory director that tests, diagnoses and/or treats HIV/AIDS patients, please be aware that the Florida Administrative Code, Chapter 64D-3 states that certain demographic…

    Continue Reading

  • Perinatal HIV Services – Florida Department of Health in Lee County

    Florida Statute 64D-3.042 requires all pregnant women to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including, HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea, hepatitis B, and syphilis at the initial prenatal care visit and again at 28 to 32 weeks gestation.

    Continue Reading

  • HIV Home Test Kits – Florida Department of Health in Osceola County

    Florida Department of Health in Osceola County

    24/7 Disease Reporting: 407-343-2155
    Fax – Disease Report Forms:407-343-2145
    STD/HIV/AIDS: 407-343-2181
    Refugee Health: 407-343-2168

    Mailing Address
    Florida Department of Health in…

    Continue Reading

  • Special issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health explores the role of primary health care in addressing NCDs – PAHO/WHO

    Special issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health explores the role of primary health care in addressing NCDs – PAHO/WHO

    Washington, DC, January 7, 2026 (PAHO) – The Pan American Journal of Public Health, the scientific publication of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), recently published a special issue dedicated to strengthening primary health care to…

    Continue Reading