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Florida Department of Health

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Fix-a-Flat Butt Doc Oneal Morris Arrested Again

    ​Oneal Ron Morris, the unlicensed "doctor" arrested last year after allegedly injecting substances like caulk and fix-a-flat tire sealant into the rear end of a patient, has been arrested again. Morris turned herself into to Broward Sheriff's Deputies yesterday on new charges of practicing medicin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Dr. Paul Perito, Penis Doc Accused of Botched Surgeries, Threatens Bar Complaint Against Attorney Who Keeps Suing Him

    ​Dr. Paul Perito has responded to our story which detailed another lawsuit stemming from allegedly destroying a patient's penis, the second time he's been hit with such a suit. We also chronicled past criminal charges against the urologist in which he was accused of selling counterfeit pills out o ... More >>

  • News

    January 5, 2012

    Coral Gables penis doctor Paul Perito accused of mangling a patient's member

    ​Dr. Paul Perito has responded to our story which detailed another lawsuit stemming from allegedly destroying a patient's penis, the second time he's been hit with such a suit. We also chronicled past criminal charges against the urologist in which he was accused of selling counterfeit pills out o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    More Alleged Victims of Fake Butt Doctor Oneal Morris Come Forward

    ​Since the arrest of Oneal Ron Morris on Friday made headlines across the country, several other victims of the fake doctor have now come forward. Morris, who identifies as a transgendered woman, was accused of injecting a patient looking for butt implants with a mixture of super glue, cement and ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2011

    Deaths at Strax raise questions about the safety of cheap nips and tucks

    ​Since the arrest of Oneal Ron Morris on Friday made headlines across the country, several other victims of the fake doctor have now come forward. Morris, who identifies as a transgendered woman, was accused of injecting a patient looking for butt implants with a mixture of super glue, cement and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Botched Illegal Botox Injections Lead to Arrest

    ​We all love a bargain, but when it comes to things that we inject in our face maybe its best to pay for quality service. An unnamed Kendall woman wanted to save a few bucks on Botox injections, so she traveled up to Boca Raton twice a year for eight years to get pumped up by Nora Patricia Hidalgo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    First Recent Case of Cholera Suspected in Miami-Dade

    ​Miami-Dade already has cases of hookworm and dengue fever, and now health officials are investigating the possibility that a man with cholera might have entered the county. According to the Miami Herald, a doctor traveling from Haiti arrived at Miami International Airport around 6 p.m. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Supreme Court Considers Vaccine-Autism Case While New Times Probe Draws Ire

    Dr. Gary Kompothecras, an influential political donor to Gov. Charlie Crist, is at the center of a controversial study.​The U.S. Supreme Court today is scheduled to hear a case that could have a wide-ranging impact on hundreds of lawsuits that claim there is a direct link between autism and vaccin ... More >>

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Letters from the issue of October 7, 2010

    Dr. Gary Kompothecras, an influential political donor to Gov. Charlie Crist, is at the center of a controversial study.​The U.S. Supreme Court today is scheduled to hear a case that could have a wide-ranging impact on hundreds of lawsuits that claim there is a direct link between autism and vaccin ... More >>

  • News

    September 30, 2010

    Crist backer Gary Kompothecras bullies Florida health officials

    Dr. Gary Kompothecras, an influential political donor to Gov. Charlie Crist, is at the center of a controversial study.​The U.S. Supreme Court today is scheduled to hear a case that could have a wide-ranging impact on hundreds of lawsuits that claim there is a direct link between autism and vaccin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Fired Drag Queen Tiny Tina Gets To Play Nurse Again

    So it turns out hosting a wet jockeys contest doesn't make you bad at your job. Ray Fetcho, the South Florida nurse and erstwhile drag queen who was fired from his job earlier this month, has been given his scrubs back.via SFGN​Fetcho, who we blogged about before, used to moonlight as a crimson-co ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2010

    Chinese drywall has screwed thousands of South Florida homeowners

    So it turns out hosting a wet jockeys contest doesn't make you bad at your job. Ray Fetcho, the South Florida nurse and erstwhile drag queen who was fired from his job earlier this month, has been given his scrubs back.via SFGN​Fetcho, who we blogged about before, used to moonlight as a crimson-co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    HIV Rate Increases in Florida as AIDS-Related Deaths Decline

    The Herald has done a pretty good job of outlining the results of Man Up: The Crisis of HIV/AIDS Among Florida's Men, by the Florida Department of Health, but the numbers are pretty shocking and worth repeating. And yeah, if you haven't been tested lately, maybe you make an appointment.1 out of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Transsexual Charged Again with Back-Alley Silicone Injections

    via Flagler County Sheriff's OfficeThe male-to-female transsexual sent to jail after a client's botched cosmetic procedure ended in death was arrested again this morning. Flagler County Sheriff's Office deputies and Florida Department of Health agents raided the quiet two-story home of Donnie Hendri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Miami Art Museum Summer Nights with Photographer Julius Shulman

    Miami Art Museum Julius Shulman shoots his most famous subject: Case Study House No. 22. This Thursday, June 11, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., Miami Art Museum has a special treat in store for architecture enthusiasts and the green movement contingent. MAM -- located at 101 W. Flagler St. in downtown ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Swine Flu Confirmed in Miami-Dade

    via Ben Chau's flickrAfter a few false alarms, Miami-Dade can now be added to the list of counties with confirmed swine flu cases. Two cases were confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and the Florida Department of Health, one involving a 13 year-old girl and another a 47 year-old man. Id ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Back-Alley Butt Injections Are So In Right Now

    When the economy tanked, student haircuts and generic-brand sodas stopped sounding so bad. Sometimes you have to get crafty to keep yourself from going broke. But leave it to South Florida to take it one step further. Miami-Dade cops recently arrested Juan David Acosta - a Colombian-born 37-year-ol ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 26, 2009

    Pork Pirates

    They'll slaughter your dinner as you watch — but don't tell the cops.

  • News

    March 19, 2009

    Dr. Dread

    A Miami plastic surgeon is accused of child molestation.

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    UM Addresses The Impact of Econ Crisis

    Nothing is immune to the economic crisis, not even the palm tree'd oasis in Coral Gables known as the University of Miami. After many alumnus expressed their concern, president Donna Shalala sent out a letter to all alum today addressing the impact on UM. Here's the highlights: UM has made a lot of ... More >>

  • News

    March 5, 2009

    If Looks Could Kill

    Back-alley plastic surgery sent Donnie Hendrix to jail. Finally, she talks.

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Wait, So Registered Child Abusers Had More Adoption Rights Than Gays?

    Riptide was going to write you up a nice "The Florida Supreme Court for Dummies" post, but in its research found itself caught up in tangents. Our interest was spurred in part by yesterday's overturning of the gay adoption ban by a Miami judge (as well as by future Crist appointments). The issue wil ... More >>

  • News

    November 6, 2008

    Bankruptcy, Butchery, Buzz-Sawed Palms

    De Hull battled hurricanes, code enforcers, and banks. Then he ran into a steamroller of a neighbor.

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2008

    The Seven Words You Can Never Say In a Florida Food Blog

    De Hull battled hurricanes, code enforcers, and banks. Then he ran into a steamroller of a neighbor.

  • News

    May 22, 2008

    The Sex Doll Diaries

    Artist brings her silicone twin to town for one last romp.

  • News

    August 9, 2007

    Raw Returns

    Just released from prison, Miami hip-hop icon DJ Raw is ready for the takeover

  • News

    October 26, 2006

    In the Bag

    An abortion gone bad opens up an unseemly world of low-end medicine

  • Calendar

    June 22, 2006

    Buy More Art

    An abortion gone bad opens up an unseemly world of low-end medicine

  • News

    July 14, 2005

    Pugs in Public

    An abortion gone bad opens up an unseemly world of low-end medicine

  • News

    August 5, 2004

    Is There a Doctor in the House?

    At Miami-Dade County's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the answer would be No

  • News

    June 5, 2003

    Beneath the Pink Underwear

    Water pollution is more serious than the WASD plan would have you believe

  • News

    May 22, 2003

    Return of Three Mile Island?

    Exelon plans to build a new nuclear power plant. Ho-hum.

  • News

    October 17, 2002

    Notes from the Dead Zone

    The politics of AIDS funding in black Miami

  • News

    April 5, 2001

    Don't Tell, Don't Ask

    A teenager born with HIV was never told of her status until it was too late. How this happened, and why, is now a matter of national debate.

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    The Doctor is Out

    Beset by internecine battles, troubled leadership, and funding cuts, the local office of the Florida Department of Health is in need of intensive care.

  • News

    October 16, 1997

    Dumb Luck

    In 1992 Bernardo Paz hit the Lotto, bought himself a brand-new BMW, and headed down the road to ruin. This year he finally got there.

  • News

    February 22, 1996

    Big Fish, Little Pond

    For more than a decade, Otis Wallace has called the shots in tiny Florida City. That seems to be just fine with the locals.

  • News

    October 12, 1995

    Going South

    Civics and spirituality. Politics and prayer. In the ongoing battle against inertia, Goulds bares the conflicts at its core.

  • News

    September 28, 1994

    Bad Medicine

    He allegedly fondled and caressed patients against their will. AIDS patients. No wonder he is known as Doctor Scumbag.

  • News

    August 24, 1994

    Reach Out and Help Someone

    Potential suicide. Sexual anxiety. Adolescent angst. No matter how hung-up you are, the counselors at Switchboard of Miami won't hang up -- or give up -- on you.

  • News

    July 6, 1994

    The Wages of Skin

    David Ruffner got the tatoo, but his old man is the one who's really needled

  • News

    March 2, 1994

    A House Divided

    When you enter the region where parental rights end and the law steps in, beware. The line is jagged, and it nearly always cuts both ways.

  • News

    February 23, 1994

    On-the-Job Training

    Dade's environmental watchdogs have been fighting big problems -- rodents, lead in the water, raw sewage leaks -- and that's not even counting what they've discovered outside their building

  • News

    February 9, 1994

    The Case from Hell (and Back)

    New allegations and secretly recorded tapes -- the Nogues family's child-abuse debacle might never end

  • News

    June 23, 1993

    A Tale of Tent City

    Last spring, when Dade County united with a local charity to help the hurricane's homeless, the partnership sounded too good to be true. It was.

  • News

    January 6, 1993

    Waste Erased

    Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys

  • News

    September 18, 1991

    The Case From Hell, Part II

    Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys

  • News

    September 11, 1991

    House Rules

    Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys

  • News

    September 11, 1991

    The Names

    Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys

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