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USF College of Public Health associate professor Benjamin Jacob has developed a smartphone app that quickly locates and identifies mosquito breeding habitats so they can be targeted, treated, and destroyed.

USF prof’s app targets mosquito habitat, fights tropical diseases

USF College of Public Health associate professor Benjamin Jacob has developed a potential game-changer in the fight against tropical diseases - a smartphone app that quickly locates and identifies mosquito breeding habitats so they can be targeted, treated, and destroyed.

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The Redefining Refuge team, with founder and Executive Director Natasha Nascimento in the center, during Operation Dragon Eye, a two-week missing child operation across Tampa Bay considered the most successful child recovery operation is U.S. history
Redefining Refuge: Natasha Nascimento’s mission of hope for exploited children

Launched in 2010, Tampa Bay nonprofit Redefining Refuge has a vital, heart-wrenching role in providing care, support, and advocacy for children and youth recovered from exploitation and trafficking.

Healthcare professionals and dedicated volunteer advocates are working to promote screening for cervical and breast cancer among minority women.
Promoting cervical, breast cancer screening among minority women

Healthcare professionals and cancer survivors educate and advocate for increased cervical and breast cancer screening among minority women.

University Area CDC CEO and Executive Director Sarah Combs and board member Ross Fabian look on during the ribbon-cutting celebration for the Harvest Hope Park splash pad in April 2024
Reflecting on a decade creating change in North Tampa’s University Area community

University Area Community Development Corporation CEO and Executive Director Sarah Combs and longtime board members reflect on a decade of creating community change under Combs' leadership.

Suncoast Community Health Centers’ Mobile Dental Program brings dental care to the community
Coalition works to break down barriers to dental care access in Hillsborough, across Florida

Florida faces a dental care access crisis. Suncoast Community Health Centers’ innovative Mobile Dental Program and the coalition Floridians for Dental Access are part of the effort to solve it.

Masthead gallery: Lakeland Downtown Farmers Curb Market

A photo gallery from the Lakeland Downtown Farmers Curb Market

Masthead gallery: Chicken yoga at Ybor City’s Hotel Haya

A photo gallery from Yoga Loft Tampa's monthly chicken yoga class at Hotel Haya in Ybor City

Hillsborough County Department of Aging Services dietitian Brian Taylor serves up meals for the county's seniors and healthy eating advice for all ages.
Hillsborough County Aging Services dietitian serves up healthy eating advice for all ages

Hillsborough County Department of Aging Services dietitian Brian Taylor serves up meals for the county's seniors and healthy eating advice for all ages.

Amanda Gabaldon’s “mania variations,”  is one of four upcoming Tampa Bay art projects receiving support from the Gobioff Foundation microgrant program
Gobioff Foundation microgrants support Tampa Bay artists’ projects

The Gobioff Foundation microgrant program helps Tampa Bay artists bring their projects to the public  The current application cycle closes March 1st. 

Army veteran Malika Montgomery has competed in the National Veterans Wheelchair Games thanks to the support and generosity of Operation Helping Hand and its volunteers
Decades of support: Operation Helping Hand’s commitment to veterans

Tampa Bay nonprofit Operation Helping Hand supports active duty military and veterans receiving care at James A. Haley’s Polytrauma Rehabilitation Unit through innovative therapy programs that use dance, art, music, and virtual reality.

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