Health

Lakeland is the latest Florida city to remove fluoride from its drinking water. The Lakeland City Commission made the unanimous decision after hearing a mass amount of public input from the community. Although commissioners said they saw both sides of the argument, they ultimately decided to give residents the freedom to decide for themselves what they put in their bodies.

This Workout Wednesday, FOX 35's Marley Capper heads over to The Gym Lab in Orlando. The workout location believes that getting yourself back to health means setting your own pace. The leaders of the gym pride themselves on being innovative and having a personalized approach to fitness.

The LYNX bus system is working to make transportation even safer by working with AdventHealth to install AEDs on some of its buses. Jimmy Clarity, with the American Heart Association, joins FOX 35 to talk about the initiative.

Cottage cheese is making a comeback. Tik-Tokers have been swearing by it, and people are listening and adding it to their diets. Ashlee Wright, a registered dietitian, joins FOX 35 to talk about its benefits.

The new Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Junior, is on a mission to "Make America Healthy Again," and he has ideas. He promises to look at everything from vaccines to medications and processed food.

The Lake Mary City Commission will discuss whether or not to remove fluoride from the drinking water at a meeting tonight. Several local cities have opted to remove it, including Longwood earlier this week.

FOX 35's Marley Capper heads over to the StretchLab in Orlando's SODO area to learn about the importance of stretching.

Matt Morgan, District 4 Commissioner in Longwood and former mayor, joins the FOX 35 News team to talk about the municipalities decision to remove fluoride from its water.

A popular wellness trend is facing new scrutiny. Juice cleanses are often touted for their detoxifying benefits, but they may have some hidden negative effects to them.

Between new weight loss drugs and old fashioned diet and exercise, a lot of people are shedding pounds these days. However, this can create another problem: too much extra skin. Dr. Matthew Knight, president of Knight Dermatology Institute, joins the FOX 35 News team to talk about ways to prevent loose skin.

Eating yogurt regularly may help protect you from colon cancer. In a new study from Harvard, researchers found that people who ate two or more servings of yogurt each week had a 20% lower risk of developing the tumor and traits of colon cancer.

Today is National Donor Day. One family from Central Florida learned the value of organ donation after their son was killed in a motorcycle accident. Their son was an organ donor and saved others' lives.

There is another Norovirus outbreak making people sick on a cruise ship from Florida. This time, the voyage is more than a week long. The ship will not return until Friday.

The United States is in the middle of one of the worst flu seasons in at least 15 years. The CDC estimates there have been 24 million cases of the flu, including more than 300,000 hospitalizations.

Seed oils can be part of a healthy diet, but their health effects vary depending on the type of oil and how they're used. Although they can be beneficial, there also are potential drawbacks.

Weight loss drugs are all the rage right now, but how long are people sticking to their regimen and continuing to shed the pounds?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has logged six gastrointestinal illness outbreaks on cruise ships — three of which were attributed to Norovirus — so far in 2025. The latest outbreak sickened nearly 100 people on board a Royal Caribbean cruise earlier this month that left Florida.