As part of the initiative, MammoLink will bring its mobile screening unit to Lauderdale Lakes to provide 10-minute mammogram appointments with same-day results. The screening opportunity is designed to make preventive breast health services more convenient and accessible to the community.
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Hillsborough County accounts for nearly nine in 10 locally acquired infections as health officials urge residents to take precautions against mosquito bites.
MammoThon 2026, a month-long event offering 3D screening mammograms for just $75 to self-pay, uninsured or underinsured women in the community, no prescription or referral necessary.
What makes this machinery of erasure so dangerous is not only the harm it inflicts but the way it hides. Institutional indifference does not announce itself. It accumulates. It slumbers. It waits for the moment when its resurrection will be most convenient for those who profit from the lie. A dead lien can be made to breathe again if the affidavit that proves its death is folded into a box, pushed to a shelf, and left to gather dust. Years later, when a clerk needs a record to justify a removal, the box is opened, the convenient document is found, and the law—on paper—becomes a tool of dispossession in practice.
Broward Health Foundation celebrated the dedication of the Boyce Haller Family Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Suite at Broward Health Medical Center with a ribbon cutting and sign reveal attended by Broward Health leadership, North Broward Hospital District Commissioners, Broward Health Foundation Board members, hospital executives, cardiologists and members of the Haller family.
“We’re beginning to accept the fact that cannabis is not without its complications,” says Dr. Barry Gordon, commenting on a growing body of research that points to a strong correlation between high-potency marijuana use and mental health disorders such as psychosis.
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, an important reminder that behind every statistic is a person, a family and a community. It is also an opportunity to make sure Broward County residents know one critical message: You Matter. Your Life Matters.
Malia Wakesho-Ajwang, a young African American student from Atlanta, Georgia, has created an AI-powered app after struggling to manage schoolwork following her ADHD diagnosis. Her platform helps students organize assignments, identify priorities, and break large tasks into smaller, more manageable steps.
Holy Cross Health is one of a select group of U.S. hospitals to be recognized in the Healthcare Associated Infections-Hospital database for reporting zero hospital-onset Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections. The database relies on publicly reported data collected through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) National Healthcare Safety Network from July 2024 through June 2025.
Disabled people like me rely on our neighbors to make day-to-day life possible. The high cost of housing threatens these relationships.