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Rick Mayer

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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Rick Mayer

    Florida AG Uthmeier alleges insulin price collusion in lawsuit against drugmakers, PBMs (opens the original)

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    Florida is suing three insulin manufacturers, three pharmacy benefit managers and three rebate companies, accusing them of colluding to inflate prices for diabetes medication. The defendants include Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi, which supply more than 90% of the world's insulin, according to state Attorney General James Uthmeier. Also named in the antitrust lawsuit are CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx, PBMs that process about 80% of U.S. prescriptions, rebate aggregators Zinc, Asc

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Rick Mayer

    Florida health department moves to allow pharmacists to give chikungunya vaccine (opens the original)

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    The Florida Department of Health is proposing a rule that would allow pharmacists to administer a vaccine against chikungunya, a mosquito-borne illness that can cause fever and severe joint pain. Chikungunya can be difficult to distinguish from dengue and Zika, which can cause similar symptoms, according to the World Health Organization. Chikungunya is spread by the same mosquito species: Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, both found in Florida. Florida has reported 189 chikungunya cases so far

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Rick Mayer

    Florida moves to allow pharmacists to give the chikungunya vaccine (opens the original)

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    The Florida Department of Health is proposing a rule that would allow pharmacists to administer a vaccine against chikungunya, a mosquito-borne illness that can cause fever and severe joint pain. Chikungunya can be difficult to distinguish from dengue and Zika, which can cause similar symptoms, according to the World Health Organization. Looking for MORE trusted news? Subscribe to WFSU's Daily News to receive all the day's stories right in your inbox. Don't miss a beat! Chikungunya is spread by

  4. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Rick Mayer

    Florida gets $8 million federal grant to strengthen 988 suicide and crisis services (opens the original)

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    Editor's note: If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. Florida is among the states receiving new federal funding to strengthen behavioral health services, including more than $8 million for the state's 988 suicide and crisis helplines. The awards also include $500,000 for the University of South Florida under a federal program aimed at helping emergency departments use alternatives to opioids when treating pain. The USF project will ada

  5. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Rick Mayer

    Bay County reports this year's third Florida death from 'flesh-eating' Vibrio bacteria (opens the original)

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    Florida health officials have reported the year's third death related to Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters. On Thursday, the state Department of Health website listed a Vibrio death in Bay County in the Panhandle. Looking for MORE trusted news? Subscribe to WFSU's Daily News to receive all the day's stories right in your inbox. Don't miss a beat! No other specifics were available, but the department's reportable disease database shows two cases in Bay

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