Rather Than Give Away Its COVID Vaccine, Oxford Makes a Deal With Drugmaker

Aug 25, 2020 at 01:36 pm by pj

  By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News  In a business driven by profit, vaccines have a problem. They’re not very profitable — at least not wit.... Read More

Analysis: You’ve Checked for Fever. Now, What’s Your Risk Tolerance?

Aug 25, 2020 at 01:31 pm by pj

  By Elisabeth Rosenthal, Kaiser Health News As some parts of America gingerly begin to open up after months of near-total lockdown, people have questions. Will it.... Read More

Inside the Race to Build a Better $500 Emergency Ventilator

Aug 25, 2020 at 01:01 pm by pj

  By Erin Schulte, Kaiser Health News As the coronavirus crisis lit up this spring, headlines about how the U.S. could innovate its way out of a pending ventilator.... Read More

One College’s Pop-Up COVID Test: Stop and Smell the Roses

Aug 25, 2020 at 12:55 pm by pj

  By Ann Bauer, Kaiser Health News If all goes according to plan, Penn State University students who opt for an on-campus experience this fall will start in-person.... Read More

Trump Is Sending Fast, Cheap COVID Tests to Nursing Homes

Aug 25, 2020 at 12:50 pm by pj

  By Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News   The Trump administration’s latest effort to use COVID-19 rapid tests — touted by one senior offic.... Read More

Swab, Spit, Stay Home? College Coronavirus Testing Plans Are All Over the Map

Aug 25, 2020 at 12:44 pm by pj

  By Michael McAuliff and Sebastián Martínez Valdivia, KBIA and Christine Herman, Side Effects Public Media and Stephani.... Read More

Deadly Mix: How Bars Are Fueling COVID-19 Outbreaks

Aug 25, 2020 at 12:39 pm by pj

  By Will Stone, Kaiser Health News From the early days of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, states have wrestled with the best course of action for bars and nightclu.... Read More

Administration Launches Training Program for Nursing Home Infection Control Practices

Aug 25, 2020 at 11:56 am by pj

  New training provides education on critical safety measures to keep residents safe The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing an unprecede.... Read More

Zavation Medical Products, LLC., Launches Titanium/PEEK Posterior LEIF Cage

Aug 25, 2020 at 11:23 am by pj

Zavation Medical Products ("Zavation" or the "Company"), an innovative designer and manufacturer of high-quality spinal implants, instruments, MIS procedural kits, and biolo.... Read More

Digestive & Liver Center of Florida Welcomes Sheryl Rosa-Cruz, MD 

Aug 25, 2020 at 10:55 am by pj

  Physician is newest addition to Digestive and Liver Center of Florida   Senior Partners, Dr. Harinath Sheela and Dr. Srinivas Seela, are pleased to announc.... Read More

Florida’s Cautionary Tale: How Gutting and Muzzling Public Health Fueled COVID Fire

Aug 25, 2020 at 02:34 am by pj

  By Laura Ungar and Jason Dearen, The Associated Press and Hannah Recht, Kaiser Health News    On a sweltering July morning, Rose W.... Read More

VirtaMed Welcomes New President and General Manager of its North American Office

Aug 24, 2020 at 11:04 am by pj

  Lithia, Florida – Virtamed, the medical training organisation that uses mixed reality simulators for minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic inte.... Read More

Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital Selects a New CFO 

Aug 22, 2020 at 01:07 pm by pj

Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital has selected industry veteran Michael Mueller as the hospital’s new chief financial officer (CFO). In addition to.... Read More

"Fore Our Kids" Golf Tournament Coming

Aug 22, 2020 at 12:52 pm by pj

  “Fore Our Kids” Golf Tournament Will Be Held Oct. 23    WHAT:  On Fri., Oct. 23, golfers will tee off i.... Read More

etectRx™ Announces New CEO 

Aug 20, 2020 at 07:05 pm by pj

  Pharma Executive Brought in to Drive Digital Pill Use Cases      etectRx™, Inc. (etectRx™), a privately held digital health company,.... Read More

Manatee Memorial, First Hospital on the Florida West Coast to Implant Next-Generation WATCHMAN FLX™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure

Aug 20, 2020 at 06:55 pm by pj

   Manatee Memorial Hospital became the first hospital on the Florida West Coast to offer patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) an alternative to long.... Read More

Local Urologic Cancer Specialist Joins Orlando Health

Aug 20, 2020 at 04:52 pm by pj

The cancer center at Orlando Health is adding to its services with the hiring of a local specialist in urologic cancers.   Inoel Rivera, M.D., a board-certified urologi.... Read More

CDC: Updated Isolation Guidance Does Not Imply Immunity to COVID-19

Aug 20, 2020 at 12:48 pm by pj

  CDC has updated its isolation guidance based on the latest science about COVID-19 showing that people can continue to test positive for up to 3 months after diagnosis.... Read More

Scam Alert: Things a COVID Contact Tracer Wouldn’t Say

Aug 20, 2020 at 12:15 pm by pj

  By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News State officials and federal agencies warn there’s a new phone scam circulating: Some callers posing as COVID-19 contac.... Read More

Opinion: Corona-phobia, Facts, Fiction and Feelings

Aug 20, 2020 at 12:15 pm by pj

  By CHARLES PAGE, MD, Surgeon Six months into the pandemic, there is hardly a soul on earth who isn’t in Coronavirus overload. What’s more, we don’t.... Read More