Volusia-Brevard Local News

Pandemic Forced Insurers To Pay For In-Home Treatments. Will They Disappear?

Jun 23, 2020 at 02:52 pm by pj

(Irina_Strelnikova/Getty Images)   Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News After seven days as an inpatient for complications related to heart problems, Glenn Shanoski was i.... Read More

As Problems Grow With Abbott’s Fast COVID Test, FDA Standards Are Under Fire

Jun 23, 2020 at 02:44 pm by pj

(Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)   Rachana Pradhan Kaiser Health News In mid-May, the Food and Drug Administration issued a rare public warning about an Abbott Labor.... Read More

How Those With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Cope With Added Angst Of COVID

Jun 23, 2020 at 02:38 pm by pj

    Elizabeth Lawrence , Kaiser Health News Before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States, Chris Trondsen felt his life was finally under contr.... Read More

Easy To Say ‘Get Tested.’ Harder To Do. Here’s How.

Jun 23, 2020 at 02:34 pm by pj

    Bernard J. Wolfson and Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News  Will Bondurant decided to get tested for COVID-19 after attending three racial justice demonstr.... Read More

Orlando Health and SeaWorld Partner to Reopen Theme Parks Safely

Jun 20, 2020 at 06:42 pm by pj

Orlando Health has partnered with SeaWorld’s Orlando parks (SeaWorld, Aquatica, and Discovery Cove) to prepare its theme parks for a safe reopening and to work together.... Read More

UCF Researchers Start Projects to Fight the Pandemic

Jun 18, 2020 at 01:22 pm by pj

As COVID-19 continues to impact the world, College of Medicine researchers are doing their part to fight it. The medical school recently awarded $20,000 in start-up grants to.... Read More

Study Creates First Ever 3D Map of Heart’s Neurons

Jun 18, 2020 at 01:17 pm by pj

Dr. Zixi Jack Cheng   A team of UCF College of Medicine scientists have helped develop a virtual 3D heart that shows the body’s neurons and their connection to th.... Read More

CMS Issues Proposed Rule for Commercial Plans and States to Negotiate Payment for Innovative Therapies Based on Patient Outcomes

Jun 18, 2020 at 01:04 pm by pj

  Proposed rule updates provisions to promote value-based payment for prescription drugs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule t.... Read More

PAVe Fighting Predatory Marketing of Vaping Products to Teens

Jun 18, 2020 at 12:06 pm by pj

  Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes (PAVe) are irate over the marketing of e-cigarettes to minors and have sent a letter to the FDA to complain of what they see as non.... Read More

COVID-19 Product Exchange Site for Healthcare Providers and Suppliers Launched

Jun 18, 2020 at 10:35 am by pj

HMMC, the Healthcare Manufacturers Management Council, a U.S. trade association whose members are U.S. manufacturers of a wide variety of healthcare products, announced the la.... Read More

Community Health Centers Promotes Roshni Patel, MD, to Associate Medical Director

Jun 16, 2020 at 03:42 pm by pj

  WINTER GARDEN, FL – Community Health Centers, Inc. promotes Roshni Patel, MD to Associate Medical Director.  Dr. Patel joined Community Healt.... Read More

Health Workers Resort To Etsy, Learning Chinese, Shady Deals To Find Safety Gear

Jun 16, 2020 at 02:01 pm by pj

(KHN Illustration; Photo courtesy of Ian Smith)   Eli Cahan and Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News  A director of safety-net clinics in Florida learned basic Chines.... Read More

Federal Help Falters As Nursing Homes Run Short Of Protective Equipment

Jun 16, 2020 at 01:55 pm by pj

(Courtesy of Pamela Black)   Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News  Around the country, nursing homes trying to protect their residents from the coronavirus eagerly awai.... Read More

Agena Bioscience Announces EUA for High-Throughput, Low-Cost SARS-CoV-2 Panel

Jun 16, 2020 at 01:34 pm by pj

  Agena Bioscience, a global provider of low cost and high-throughput molecular testing solutions, today announced the launch of the iPLEX® Pro SARS-CoV-2 Panel.... Read More

SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans, Advance Program Reopened to Small Businesses and Non-Profits Impacted by COVID-19

Jun 16, 2020 at 11:02 am by pj

   WASHINGTON – To further meet the needs of U.S. small businesses and non-profits, the U.S. Small Business Administration reopened the Economi.... Read More

Orlando Immunology Center Selected by NIH for COVID-19 Vaccine Studies

Jun 15, 2020 at 11:44 am by pj

Orlando Immunology Center (OIC) is proud to announce to the Central Florida community that our research center located at 1707 N Mills  Avenue, Orlando, 32803 has been selecte.... Read More

SBA and Treasury Announce New Guidance on the Paycheck Protection Program  

Jun 15, 2020 at 10:35 am by pj

  WASHINGTON—The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, issued new and revised guidance for the Paycheck Pro.... Read More

Fighting COVID And Police Brutality, Medical Teams Take To Streets To Treat Protesters

Jun 11, 2020 at 07:06 am by pj

(Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)   LJ Dawson, Kaiser Health News DENVER — Amid clouds of choking tear gas, booming flash-bang gren.... Read More

Using Stories to Mentally Survive as a COVID-19 Clinician

Jun 11, 2020 at 07:02 am by pj

    Stephanie Stephens, Kaiser Health News Dr. Christopher Travis, an intern in obstetrics-gynecology, has cared for patients with COVID-19 and performed surgery.... Read More

Administration Encourages Reopening of Healthcare Facilities

Jun 10, 2020 at 10:59 pm by pj

  New recommendations provide guidance to health systems and patients as COVID-19 cases decline The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a g.... Read More