Volusia-Brevard Local News

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

Space Coast Health Centers Now Open

Mar 16, 2021 at 01:32 pm by pj

 New Organization Provides Unconditional Behavioral Health, OB/GYN and Primary Care   Space Coast Health Centers (SCHC) is now open and accepting patients to prov.... 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

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

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

Pfizer’s Newest Vaccine Plant Has Persistent Mold Issues, History of Recalls

Mar 11, 2021 at 12:59 am by pj

  By Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News  Pfizer’s management knew last year there was “a mold issue” at the Kansas facility now sla.... Read More

What Childhood Vaccine Rates Can, and Can’t, Teach Us About Covid Vaccines

Mar 11, 2021 at 12:50 am by pj

  By Rae Ellen Bichell, Kaiser Health News   Polls show Americans are increasingly interested in getting vaccinated against covid-19, but such surveys are l.... Read More

CMS Updates Nursing Home Guidance with Revised Visitation Recommendations

Mar 10, 2021 at 06:35 pm by pj

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), issued updated guidance for nursing.... Read More

AdventHealth Relaunches WholeMe Genomic Study with Screening for Additional Markers

Mar 10, 2021 at 10:28 am by pj

  In this new phase of the statewide study, participants will be screened for traits linked to hereditary cardiovascular disease, as well as breast, ovarian and colon ca.... Read More

Parrish Healthcare Offers Breakthrough Sleep Apnea Treatment

Mar 10, 2021 at 10:11 am by pj

  An implantable device replaces traditional CPAP mask   Parrish Healthcare is among the first health systems in the state to offer Inspire, a breakthrough treatm.... Read More