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Orlando Health Hospitals Add Additional Safety Measures for Patients Undergoing Procedures or Giving Birth 

Apr 30, 2020 at 02:15 pm by pj

  As the number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 continues to decline across the Orlando Health network, and officials begin easing elective surgery restricti.... Read More
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A Question for Nurses Month: Is It Possible to Stay Inspired in the Pandemic?

Apr 30, 2020 at 02:12 pm by pj

National Nurses Week typically takes place from May 6th to May 12th. This year, we're celebrating the whole month long. Rich Bluni, RN, offers seven simple, yet powerful tacti.... Read More
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As Coronavirus Strikes, Crucial Data In Electronic Health Records Hard To Harvest

Apr 30, 2020 at 01:57 pm by pj

    Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News  When President Donald Trump started touting hydroxychloroquine as “one of the biggest game changers” for tr.... Read More
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Free Clinics Try To Fill Gaps As COVID Sweeps Away Job-Based Insurance

Apr 30, 2020 at 01:53 pm by pj

(Michaela Morris for KHN)     Michaela Gibson Morris, Kaiser Health News   TUPELO, Mississippi — Joe Delbert hadn’t needed the Tree of Life Fre.... Read More
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Fear Of Coronavirus Propels Some Smokers To Quit

Apr 30, 2020 at 01:49 pm by pj

 (Hannah Norman/KHN)   April Dembosky, KQED, Kaiser Health News In 40 years of smoking, Katie Kennedy has tried four times to quit but always went back to cigar.... Read More
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AdventHealth Outlines Procedures for Re-opening Operations

Apr 30, 2020 at 01:20 pm by pj

  AdventHealth announced Thursday morning, that in conjunction with Governor DeSantis’ phased-in reopening of the state’s economy, it will be ready to contin.... Read More
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Gov. DeSantis Beginning Phase One of "Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step" Plan to Reopen State Monday, May 4

Apr 30, 2020 at 08:21 am by pj

Governor DeSantis held a press conference Wednesday in Tallahassee to announce Phase I of the Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step. Plan to Re-Open Florida.   At the con.... Read More
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Liability Protection Under State or Federal Emergency Declarations

Apr 29, 2020 at 12:52 pm by pj

  By MICHAEL R. LOWE, Esq. and BRIAN C. EVANDER, Esq.   During declared emergencies the legal environment changes. Emergency declarations trigger an array of nont.... Read More
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How COVID-19 May Change A Trip To The Dentist’s Office

Apr 29, 2020 at 11:18 am by pj

   By Dr. Kyle Bogan    As the coronavirus pandemic swept the U.S., state governments mandated that dental offices open only for emergency procedur.... Read More
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Widely Used Surgical Masks Are Putting Health Care Workers At Serious Risk

Apr 28, 2020 at 02:28 pm by pj

(Lynne Shallcross/KHN illustration; Getty Images)   Shefali Luthra, Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News With medical supplies in high demand, federal authorities.... Read More
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Amid Coronavirus Distress, Wealthy Hospitals Hoard Millions

Apr 28, 2020 at 02:19 pm by pj

(Hannah Norman/KHN Illustration) Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News Inova Health System, with campuses in some of the wealthiest suburbs of Washington, D.C., and Truman Medical.... Read More
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Health Insurers Prosper As COVID-19 Deflates Demand For Elective Treatments

Apr 28, 2020 at 02:15 pm by pj

Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News and Steven Findlay  As doctors and consumers are forced to put most nonemergency procedures on hold, many health insurers foresee str.... Read More
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Telehealth Will Be Free, No Copays, They Said. But Angry Patients Are Getting Billed.

Apr 28, 2020 at 02:09 pm by pj

    Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News  Karen Taylor had been coughing for weeks when she decided to see a doctor in early April. COVID-19 cases had just exceed.... Read More
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Born Into A Pandemic: Virus Complicates Births For Moms And Babies

Apr 28, 2020 at 02:05 pm by pj

(Courtesy of the Pease family)   JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News and Laura Ungar  Mallory Pease’s contractions grew stronger as her husband, Mitchell.... Read More
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Seniors With COVID-19 Show Unusual Symptoms, Doctors Say

Apr 28, 2020 at 02:00 pm by pj

    Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News   Older adults with COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, have several “atypical” symptoms, com.... Read More
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Anti-Vaccine Activists Latch Onto Coronavirus To Bolster Their Movement

Apr 28, 2020 at 01:56 pm by pj

    Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News  While most of the world hungers for a vaccine to put an end to the death and economic destruction wrought by COVID-19, som.... Read More
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Alzheimer's & Dementia Resource Center's Virtual Support Groups

Apr 28, 2020 at 01:33 pm by pj

  Due to the Covid-19 health crisis, ADRC has moved all of our facilitated support groups to the Zoom platform until further notice. The following is a list of day.... Read More
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AMA Issues Recommendations for Stronger Federal Leadership on COVID-19 Serological Testing

Apr 28, 2020 at 01:02 pm by pj

  As the COVID-19 pandemic continue to evolve, the American Medical Association (AMA) today released a letter sent to Assistant Health Secretary Adm. Brett P..... Read More
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HCA Healthcare North Florida Division Hospitals Join Convalescent Plasma Study for COVID-19 Patients

Apr 28, 2020 at 12:19 am by pj

   Hospitals promote need for plasma donations from recovered COVID-19 individuals to potentially help critically ill patients    HCA Healthcare North F.... Read More
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Community Health Centers Opening COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing by Appointment in Apopka

Apr 27, 2020 at 09:33 pm by pj

  WINTER GARDEN - Beginning on Tuesday, April 28th, Community Health Centers, Inc. will be offering COVID-19 drive-up testing in the dental parking lot, 2.... Read More