Volusia-Brevard Local News

New Coronavirus Hot Spots Emerge Across South and in California, as Northeast Slows

Jun 10, 2020 at 10:52 pm by pj

  Martha Bebinger, WBUR and Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio and Jackie Fortiér, KPCC  Mass protests against police violence across the U.S. have public.... Read More

Volusia County Medical Society Welcomes its New FSU Representatives

Jun 10, 2020 at 05:14 pm by pj

Please helps us welcome our three new student representatives! These students will be participating in VCMS activities throughout the year - we're thrilled to have them aboard.... Read More

How to be Successful Closing Online Leads if Insurance Doesn’t Cover the Cost

Jun 09, 2020 at 08:05 pm by pj

By QUINTIN L. GUNN, SR.   In most cases the least paid person can have the biggest impact on the practice. Why do we say this? Often the person answering the phone is.... Read More

Three New Scientific Theories to Explain Why Women are More Susceptible to Autoimmune Disease than Men

Jun 09, 2020 at 07:14 pm by pj

  By Chad Larson, NMD, DC, CCN, CSCS   Although autoimmune disease (AD) affects both genders, women are at an overwhelming disadvantage. Of the approximate 8 perc.... Read More

The Elevator Arises As The Latest Logjam In Getting Back To Work

Jun 09, 2020 at 06:11 pm by pj

(Hannah Norman/KHN Illustration)   Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News When the American Medical Association moved its headquarters to a famous Chicago skyscraper in 2013.... Read More

For EMTs, There’s No ‘Rule Book’ For Facing A Pandemic And Protests At Once

Jun 09, 2020 at 06:05 pm by pj

    Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News  Emergency medical services across the country, already burdened by the high demands of COVID-19, have faced.... Read More

When A Doctor No Longer Accepts Medicare, Patients Left Holding The Bag

Jun 09, 2020 at 06:00 pm by pj

(Hannah Norman/KHN Illustration)   Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News  Pneumonia. Heart problems. High cholesterol. Betsy Carrier, 71, and her husband,.... Read More

Society Is Reopening. Prepare To Hunker Down At Home Again.

Jun 09, 2020 at 05:44 pm by pj

  Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News Even before the May 25 killing of George Floyd in police custody drew large crowds of protesters into the streets of U.S. citie.... Read More

AdventHealth Daytona Beach Names New Chief Financial Officer

Jun 08, 2020 at 08:11 pm by pj

AdventHealth Daytona Beach has selected Cory Domayer to serve as chief financial officer.  In this role, he will oversee the overall financial operations of the 362-bed.... Read More

FDA Approves Antibiotic for Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia

Jun 08, 2020 at 08:03 pm by pj

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Recarbrio (a combination of imipenem-cilastatin and relebactam) to treat hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-as.... Read More

FDA Reissues EUAs Revising Which Types of Respirators Can Be Decontaminated for Reuse

Jun 08, 2020 at 08:01 pm by pj

In response to public health and safety concerns about the appropriateness of decontaminating certain respirators, the agency is reissuing certain emergency use authorizations.... Read More

Rapid Changes to Health System Spurred by COVID Might Be Here to Stay

Jun 08, 2020 at 07:38 pm by pj

  Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News The U.S. health care system is famously resistant to government-imposed change. It took decades to create Medicare and Medicaid, most.... Read More

Lions Provide Clear Face Masks and Face Shields to Hearing Impaired

Jun 08, 2020 at 11:07 am by pj

Lions of District 35-O Hearing Program assist Deaf and Hard of Hearing   The Lions Clubs of District 35-O Hearing Program will provide complimentary clear face masks an.... Read More

SBA Enacting Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act

Jun 08, 2020 at 10:46 am by pj

  The Small Business Admisistration is enacting the new Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Flexibility Act.       Upcoming Proc.... Read More

Susan R. Bailey, MD, Inaugurated 175th President of the AMA

Jun 07, 2020 at 05:00 pm by pj

Texas allergist becomes third consecutive woman to hold office Susan R. Bailey, MD, an allergist from Fort Worth, was sworn in as the 175th president of the American Med.... Read More

Tear-Gassing Protesters During An Infectious Outbreak ‘A Recipe For Disaster’

Jun 06, 2020 at 03:38 pm by pj

  Will Stone Kaiser Health News In nationwide demonstrations sparked by the killing of George Floyd in police custody, protesters have been frequently pepper-spray.... Read More

Exclusive: Nearly 600, and Counting, US Health Workers Have Died of COVID-19

Jun 06, 2020 at 03:10 pm by pj

  Christina Jewett and Melissa Bailey, Danielle Renwick, Kaiser Health News   Nearly 600 front-line health care workers appear to have died of COVID-19, acco.... Read More

Nursing Home COVID-19 Data and Inspections Results Available on Nursing Home Compare

Jun 04, 2020 at 04:45 pm by pj

   The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is posting the first set of underlying coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) nursing home data. On April 19,.... Read More

UCF Moves Up in Ranking of Top 100 Universities Worldwide for Securing Patents

Jun 04, 2020 at 02:19 pm by pj

The work of two College of Medicine researchers helped UCF earn a ranking among the top 100 universities in the world when it comes to securing patents, for the se.... Read More

Judges Try To Balance Legal Rights And Courtroom Health Amid COVID-19

Jun 04, 2020 at 02:09 pm by pj

(KHN Illustration/Getty Images)   Brian Krans, Kaiser Health News It’s tough getting people to report for jury duty in normal times. It’s even harder durin.... Read More