Volusia-Brevard Local News

Administration Launches Training Program for Nursing Home Infection Control Practices

Aug 25, 2020 at 11:56 am by pj

  New training provides education on critical safety measures to keep residents safe The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing an unprecede.... Read More

Zavation Medical Products, LLC., Launches Titanium/PEEK Posterior LEIF Cage

Aug 25, 2020 at 11:23 am by pj

Zavation Medical Products ("Zavation" or the "Company"), an innovative designer and manufacturer of high-quality spinal implants, instruments, MIS procedural kits, and biolo.... Read More

Florida’s Cautionary Tale: How Gutting and Muzzling Public Health Fueled COVID Fire

Aug 25, 2020 at 02:34 am by pj

  By Laura Ungar and Jason Dearen, The Associated Press and Hannah Recht, Kaiser Health News    On a sweltering July morning, Rose W.... Read More

CDC: Updated Isolation Guidance Does Not Imply Immunity to COVID-19

Aug 20, 2020 at 12:48 pm by pj

  CDC has updated its isolation guidance based on the latest science about COVID-19 showing that people can continue to test positive for up to 3 months after diagnosis.... Read More

Scam Alert: Things a COVID Contact Tracer Wouldn’t Say

Aug 20, 2020 at 12:15 pm by pj

  By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News State officials and federal agencies warn there’s a new phone scam circulating: Some callers posing as COVID-19 contac.... Read More

Opinion: Corona-phobia, Facts, Fiction and Feelings

Aug 20, 2020 at 12:15 pm by pj

  By CHARLES PAGE, MD, Surgeon Six months into the pandemic, there is hardly a soul on earth who isn’t in Coronavirus overload. What’s more, we don’t.... Read More

The Explosion of US Cannabis Sales and its Effect on American Healthcare

Aug 20, 2020 at 05:55 am by pj

  By MICHAEL C. PATTERSON   The Marijuana Business Factbook, provided by Marijuana Business Daily, has recently projected that the U.S. Cannabis market (medical a.... Read More

American Lung Association Calls on Florida Residents to Pledge to Stand Up for Clean Air, Take Action on Climate Change

Aug 20, 2020 at 05:39 am by pj

   Stand Up for Clean Air initiative encourages collective action to address public health threats of climate change and air pollution.   The Clean Air Act,.... Read More

Developing a Next-generation Coronavirus Test for Home Use

Aug 18, 2020 at 02:47 pm by pj

Piyush Jain was headed home from another late night in his University of Florida lab when he got the word from his grad student — the rapid test they had been tr.... Read More

Cancer Educational Wellness Series

Aug 18, 2020 at 12:34 pm by pj

As part of the UF Health Palliative Care's Cancer Educational Wellness Series, Dr. Robert L. Cook, Consortium Associate Director, presented "Medical Marijuana as a Treatment f.... Read More

PPE Shortage Could Last Years Without Strategic Plan, Experts Warn

Aug 18, 2020 at 12:06 pm by pj

  By Jessica Glenza, The Guardian, Kaiser Health News Shortages of personal protective equipment and medical supplies could persist for years without strategic gov.... Read More

Trust, Fear and Solidarity Will Determine the Success of a COVID Vaccine

Aug 18, 2020 at 12:02 pm by pj

  By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News Thousands of letters stuffed with money flooded Jonas Salk’s mailbox the week after his polio vaccine was declared safe.... Read More

COVID Data Failures Create Pressure for Public Health System Overhaul

Aug 15, 2020 at 10:33 am by pj

  By Harris Meyer, Kaiser Health System After terrorists slammed a plane into the Pentagon on 9/11, ambulances rushed scores of the injured to community hospitals,.... Read More

Back to Life: COVID Lung Transplant Survivor Tells Her Story

Aug 15, 2020 at 10:25 am by pj

  By Christine Herman, Side Effects Public Media, Kaiser Health News Mayra Ramirez remembers the nightmares. During six weeks on life support at Northwestern Memo.... Read More

‘Is This When I Drop Dead?’ Two Doctors Report From the COVID Front Lines

Aug 15, 2020 at 10:11 am by pj

  By Danielle Renwick, The Guardian Health workers across the country looked on in horror when New York became the global epicenter of the coronavirus. Now, as phy.... Read More

CMS has Issued More Than $15 Million in Fines to Nursing Homes During COVID-19 Pandemic

Aug 14, 2020 at 07:03 pm by pj

CMS Enforcement Action Against Nursing Homes Triples compared to last year The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that the agency has imposed mo.... Read More

What the Health? Kamala Harris on Health

Aug 13, 2020 at 01:26 pm by pj

      California Sen. Kamala Harris, the newly named running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, doesn’t have a lot of ba.... Read More

Minority Students Analyze COVID Data on Racial Disparities

Aug 13, 2020 at 01:21 pm by pj

  By Esther Landhuis, Kaiser Health News As the coronavirus swept into Detroit this spring, Wayne State University junior Skye Taylor noticed something striking. O.... Read More

Primary Care Doctors Look at Payment Overhaul After Pandemic Disruption

Aug 13, 2020 at 01:18 pm by pj

  By Steven Findlay, Kaiser Health News For Dr. Gabe Charbonneau, a primary care doctor in Stevensville, Montana, the coronavirus pandemic is an existential threat.... Read More

Nurses and Doctors Sick With COVID Feel Pressured to Get Back to Work

Aug 13, 2020 at 01:06 pm by pj

By Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News The first call in early April was from the testing center, informing the nurse she was positive for COVID-19 and should quaran.... Read More