North Central Florida Local News

Covid and Schizophrenia: Why This Deadly Mix Can Deepen Knowledge of the Brain Disease

Mar 30, 2022 at 05:59 pm by pj

By April Dembosky, KQED, Kaiser Health News Most of the time, the voices in Keris Myrick’s head don’t bother her. They stay in the background or say ni.... Read More

AMA Survey Shows Widespread Enthusiasm for Telehealth; Urges Congress to Take Note of Barriers to Care

Mar 30, 2022 at 05:49 pm by pj

CHICAGO – An American Medical Association (AMA) survey released today shows physicians have enthusiastically embraced telehealth and expect to use it even more.... Read More

Climate Change May Push the US Toward the ‘Goldilocks Zone’ for West Nile Virus

Mar 30, 2022 at 05:44 pm by pj

By Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News Michael Keasling of Lakewood, Colorado, was an electrician who loved big trucks, fast cars, and Harley-Davidsons. He’d s.... Read More

As a Nurse Faces Prison for a Deadly Error, Her Colleagues Worry: Could I Be Next?

Mar 23, 2022 at 08:17 pm by pj

By Brett Kelman, Kaiser Health News  NASHVILLE  — Four years ago, inside the most prestigious hospital in Tennessee, nurse RaDonda Vaught withdrew a vial.... Read More

Money Flows Into Addiction Tech, But Will It Curb Soaring Opioid Overdose Deaths?

Mar 23, 2022 at 08:10 pm by pj

By Brian Rinker, Kaiser Health News David Sarabia had already sold two startups by age 26 and was sitting on enough money to never have to work another day in his life..... Read More

Pfizer CEO Pushes Yearly Shots for Covid. Not So Fast, Experts Say.

Mar 23, 2022 at 08:06 pm by pj

By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News When Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said March 13 that all Americans would need a second booster shot, it struck many covid experts as a se.... Read More

It Was Already Hard to Find Evusheld, a Covid Prevention Therapy. Now It’s Even Harder.

Mar 23, 2022 at 08:02 pm by pj

By Hannah Recht, Kaiser Health News As immunocompromised people across the country work to get Evusheld, a potentially lifesaving covid therapy, several hundred provider.... Read More

Covid’s ‘Silver Lining’: Research Breakthroughs for Chronic Disease, Cancer, and the Common Flu

Mar 23, 2022 at 07:56 pm by pj

By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News The billions of dollars invested in covid vaccines and covid-19 research so far are expected to yield medical and scientific dividends f.... Read More

Safety Concerns are Keeping Healthcare Workers Home: Prompting Privacy & Personal Safety Can Bring Them Back

Mar 23, 2022 at 07:42 pm by pj

By Dimitri Shelest, CEO & Founder, OneRep In October 2021, the San Leandro Hospital emergency room was locked down when a visitor, upset that COVID-19 restrictions preven.... Read More

AMA Survey Shows Widespread Enthusiasm for Telehealth; Urges Congress to Take Note of Barriers to Care

Mar 23, 2022 at 06:58 pm by pj

An American Medical Association (AMA) survey released today shows physicians have enthusiastically embraced telehealth and expect to use it even more in the future..... Read More

Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery Opens Colony Location

Mar 22, 2022 at 04:42 pm by pj

Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery is celebrating the grand opening of its Colony location, one of four offices serving The Villages community and surrounding.... Read More

ECRI: Staffing Shortages and Clinician Mental Health are the Top Threats to Patient Safety

Mar 16, 2022 at 05:24 pm by pj

  Annual List of Patient Safety Concerns Dominated by Longstanding Stressors on Healthcare Workers Exacerbated by Pandemic    Report Issued in Conjunction wi.... Read More

AMA Launches Network to Bolster Equitable Health Innovation

Mar 07, 2022 at 10:52 pm by pj

New initiative offers health industry an innovation platform committed to equitable investments and solutions benefitting historically marginalized communities   CHICAG.... Read More

National Kidney Foundation of Florida Applauds New Legislation to Protect Living Donors

Mar 07, 2022 at 10:47 pm by pj

  The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) of Florida applauds the Florida legislature for taking action to protect living organ donors in Florida and promote living organ d.... Read More

Warning: Potential Scam Alert from Florida Department of Health

Mar 02, 2022 at 08:15 pm by pj

The Department of Health (Department), Division of Medical Quality Assurance is warning Florida health care practitioners about fraudulent calls that have been received by mul.... Read More

Desperate for Cash: Programs for People With Disabilities Still Not Seeing Federal Funds

Mar 02, 2022 at 04:56 pm by pj

By Lauren Weber and Andy Miller, Kaiser Health News LILBURN, Ga. — Matthew Southern, 35, who has intellectual and developmental disabilities, is able to.... Read More

Biden’s Promise of Better Nursing Home Care Will Require Many More Workers

Mar 02, 2022 at 04:42 pm by pj

  By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News  [UPDATED at 10:25 a.m. ET] The Biden administration has identified core impediments to better nursing home care in its p.... Read More

To Measure and Reduce Diagnostic Error, Start with the Data You Have

Mar 02, 2022 at 01:46 am by pj

By DAVID L. FELDMAN, MD   As a patient safety problem, diagnostic error differs from wrong-site surgery or medication errors. While we have not yet eliminated these err.... Read More

Why Early Childhood Education in these Unprecedented Times?

Mar 02, 2022 at 01:32 am by pj

By JOANNA ANDERSEN   I know that growing up there were no daycares, home daycares, or anything remotely resembling an early childhood preschool of today.  It was y.... Read More

Central Florida FDA Warning: FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Certain Powdered Infant Formula

Feb 23, 2022 at 01:59 pm by pj

  Central Florida — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a press release alerting consumers to avoid purchasing or using certain powdered infant.... Read More