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  University of Miami Studying Why Transgender Women Have a Higher HIV Rate

  December 11 at 9 a.m.

  Among the general population, less than 1 percent of Americans are HIV positive. But for transgender women, the rate is astonishingly higher — almost 22 percent, or more than one in five. No one knows exactly why. Now, researchers at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine are looking...

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  The Trump Administration Let Florida Make It Harder to Pay for Health Care

  December 4 at 8:26 a.m.

  Florida currently ranks 45th of the 50 states when it comes to the number of residents living without health insurance. It's 48th in health performance Now the Trump administration yesterday agreed to cut Medicaid benefits. The weird rationale: to see if that "helps" people sign up for Medicaid. The logic is...

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  Human Rights Watch Says Florida's HIV Prevention Leaves Behind Trans Women

  November 20 at 9:30 a.m.

  Transgender activist Rajee Narinesingh still remembers the doctor's office where the staff "busted out in laughter" after they thought she was out of earshot. "They handed me the clipboard with the form that I needed to fill out and they closed the window back, and then all I heard was this laughter," Narinesingh says.

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  The Creators of the Podcast The Flow Down Want to Destigmatize Your Period

  November 19 at 8:30 a.m.

  When Jessica Weiss was laid off from her job earlier this year, the local journalist contemplated the kind of reporting she wanted to do next. Women were coming forward under #MeToo. Politics were dividing the nation. “I knew I wanted to do something intentionally connective,” Weiss tells New Times, “something about women and for women, something that would make us feel more connected to one another.”

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  Here Are the South Florida Congressional Candidates Who Support Universal Health Care

  October 19 at 8:30 a.m.

  For years, Florida has had one of the highest rates of uninsured residents. So it's no surprise health care is a top issue for voters going into the November midterms. According to a new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than a quarter of Florida voters said health care was the most important issue they were considering this election season.

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  Florida Republicans Are Lying to Pretend Medicare-for-All Will Cost Too Much

  October 5 at 8 a.m.

  Florida Republicans are using an utterly debunked study to try to slam Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum's support for a federal, Medicare-for-All-style health-care plan. And because the study has been thoroughly torn apart, it's pretty fair to assume the GOP is lying to smear Gillum.