North Central Florida Local News

Landmark Covid Relief Law Pumps More Than $100 Billion Into Public Health

Mar 18, 2021 at 05:56 pm by pj

  By Steven Findlay, Kaiser Health News Acknowledging that chronic underfunding of public health contributed significantly to the nation’s fragmented respons.... Read More

Ophthalmologists, Other Physician Groups Vigorously Opposing Proposed Legislation  

Mar 18, 2021 at 01:14 pm by pj

  During the last week of January, State Sen. Manny Diaz and Rep. Alex Rizo filed Senate Bill 876 and House Bill 631 respectively, to once again attempt to expand the sc.... Read More

Doctors Debate Use of Blood Thinners to Prevent Clots in Women After C-Sections

Mar 18, 2021 at 12:31 am by pj

  By Harris Meyer, Kaiser Health News   Nearly all women who deliver babies through cesarean section at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York.... Read More

Can Vaccination and Infection Rates Add Up to Reach Covid Herd Immunity?

Mar 18, 2021 at 12:26 am by pj

  By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News  It’s been a long, dark winter of covid concerns, stoked by high post-holiday case counts and the.... Read More

UF Cancer Drug Receives FDA Clearance for Clinical Trials

Mar 17, 2021 at 11:32 pm by pj

  By Donovan C. Baltich An anticancer drug developed by researchers from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy has become the first drug of its kind allowed to.... Read More

UF Health Study: Mutation Patterns in Dominant Coronavirus UK Variant Show New Target for Existing Drugs

Mar 17, 2021 at 11:04 pm by pj

By Doug Bennett An antibiotic used to treat leprosy is among a handful of existing drugs that could attack and slow the spread of the United Kingdom variant of the SARS-CoV-2.... Read More

New Medicare Ruling Speeds Approval of Innovative Healthcare Technology

Mar 16, 2021 at 04:21 pm by pj

A new Medicare coverage pathway, Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT), will provide national Medicare coverage for breakthrough devices as soon as the Food and Dr.... Read More

New Study from Cleveland Clinic Florida Researchers Points to Novel Drug Target for Treating COVID-19

Mar 16, 2021 at 03:59 pm by pj

  Findings published in Nature Microbiology   Researchers from Cleveland Clinic’s Florida Research and Innovation Center (FRIC) have identified a.... Read More

Individuals With Special Needs Must Also Be Prioritized for COVID-19 Vaccine

Mar 16, 2021 at 02:24 pm by pj

  By Sharon Alexander   In early February, President Biden announced that by summer 2021 there will be enough vaccines for everyone in the U.S., and he has since.... Read More

 Shepherd’s Hope Receives $75,000 Grant from TD Charitable Foundation

Mar 16, 2021 at 11:26 am by pj

    Shepherd’s Hope has been awarded a $75,000 grant by TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank to sup.... Read More

The Boom in Out-of-State Telehealth Threatens In-State Providers

Mar 16, 2021 at 01:45 am by pj

  By Matt Volz, Kaiser Health News When the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation began offering telehealth services in early February, the nation’s largest nonprof.... Read More

Covid Cases Plummet 83 Percent Among Nursing Home Staffers Despite Vaccine Hesitancy

Mar 16, 2021 at 01:40 am by pj

  By Melissa Bailey and Shoshana Dubnow, Kaiser Health News Joan Phillips, a certified nursing assistant in a Florida nursing home, loved her job but dre.... Read More

Did CDC Delays in Up-To-Date Masking Advice Cost Health Workers’ Lives?

Mar 16, 2021 at 01:31 am by pj

  By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News Since the start of the pandemic, the most terrifying task in health care was thought to be when a doctor put a breathing.... Read More

To Extract More Doses per Vial, Vaccinators Put Squeeze on FDA to Relax Vaccine Handling Advice

Mar 16, 2021 at 01:25 am by pj

  By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News   President Joe Biden has promised enough covid vaccine to immunize every willing adult by June 1. But right now, the g.... Read More

Orlando Health Network Saved Medicare and Commercial Insurers $18.3 Million

Mar 12, 2021 at 04:46 pm by pj

  The cost savings represents a big win for the Florida-based clinically integrated network.    Orlando Health Networ.... Read More

Digital Pill Company etectRx Selects Biotech Vet VP as of Product Management

Mar 12, 2021 at 04:41 pm by pj

   Digital health company, etectRx, Inc. recently announced Adam Standley as vice president of product management. In his ne.... Read More

One Year In: How Covid’s Toll Compares With Other Causes of Death

Mar 11, 2021 at 12:04 pm by pj

  By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact, Kaiser Health News Now that the coronavirus has been in the United States for roughly a year, new numbers are revealing the scale.... Read More

High Obesity Rates in Southern States Magnify Covid Threat

Mar 11, 2021 at 11:58 am by pj

  By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News  In January, as Mississippi health officials planned for their incoming shipments of covid-19 vaccine, they assesse.... Read More

HCA Healthcare North Florida Division Appoints Kristin Dyer, MHA, as Chief Financial Officer

Mar 11, 2021 at 10:26 am by Melissa

HCA Healthcare North Florida Division announced the appointment of Kristin Dyer, MHA, as Chief Financial Officer. With more than 18 years of experience in healthcare finance,.... Read More

Testing Quarantined Students Before Returning to School Helps Prevent Asymptomatic Cases from Re-entering Classroom

Mar 11, 2021 at 10:23 am by pj

  By Jill Pease Many high school students on day nine or later of their COVID-19 quarantine period tested positive for the virus, a University of Florida study publishe.... Read More