Volusia-Brevard Local News

As Long Waits for Results Render COVID Tests ‘Useless,’ States Seek Workarounds

Jul 23, 2020 at 03:11 pm by pj

    By Matt Volz and Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News  States frustrated by private laboratories’ increasingly long turnarounds fo.... Read More

Essential and in Danger: Coronavirus Sickens, Kills Public Health Workers

Jul 23, 2020 at 03:06 pm by pj

 (Courtesy of Roland Mack)   By Laura Ungar, Kaiser Health News As a veteran public health worker, Chantee Mack knew the coronavirus could kill. She already.... Read More

Scientists Want to Know More About Using UV Light to Fight COVID-19 Spread

Jul 23, 2020 at 03:00 pm by pj

(Sergei Karpukhin/TASS via Getty Images)   By Will Stone, Kaiser Health News High up near the ceiling, in the dining room of his Seattle-area restaurant, Musa Fir.... Read More

HealthBent: Medicare Is Running Out of Money

Jul 23, 2020 at 02:56 pm by pj

  By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News Everyone involved even tangentially in health care today is completely consumed by the coronavirus pandemic, as they should b.... Read More

Orlando Health Teams with Excelera Network for Limited Distribution Drugs

Jul 23, 2020 at 01:53 pm by pj

    The health system is the network’s first member in the state of Florida   Orlando Health is the first health system in Florida to partner wit.... Read More

Lake Mary's Accel Research Sites Begins Enrolling Participants in COVID-19 Vaccine Trials

Jul 23, 2020 at 01:41 pm by pj

Lake Mary company brings COVID-19 trials to Central Florida    LAKE MARY — Central Florida residents will be part of the development of a vaccine against COV.... Read More

The Sneeze Guards are Everywhere!

Jul 23, 2020 at 01:44 am by pj

  By DOUG MINTZ   We are living in very challenging times right now. The COVID-19 virus continues to spread all over the country. Yes, there are select “hot.... Read More

Questions to Ask When Upgrading/Building MRI or Radiology Facilities: Part Five

Jul 23, 2020 at 01:31 am by pj

  By MARK BAY   In our continuing series of MRI Construction articles, we will look at an ongoing case study in which some or all the circumstances may apply in a.... Read More

Yeas and Nays of an IT Managed Service Provider for Your Medical Practice

Jul 23, 2020 at 12:47 am by pj

  By JAY A. COHEN   In today's very competitive environment, meeting customer demands is extremely vital for every business. Unfortunately, it is not always possi.... Read More

Administration Announces New Resources to Protect Nursing Home Residents Against COVID-19 

Jul 23, 2020 at 12:23 am by pj

  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced new initiatives designed to protect nursing home residents from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)..... Read More

NIH Project Homes In on COVID Racial Disparities

Jul 21, 2020 at 01:26 pm by pj

(Nadzeya_Dzivakova/Getty Images) By Ashley Gold, Kaiser Health News While the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and Hispanic Americans is no secret, federa.... Read More

Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes Fly Free as Health Departments Focus on Coronavirus

Jul 21, 2020 at 01:05 pm by pj

    By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News Bug spray, swollen welts, citronella. It’s mosquito season. And in a nor.... Read More

Preventing Osteoporotic Fractures and Preserving Independence

Jul 21, 2020 at 11:44 am by pj

By MATTHEW A. SHLAPACK, MD   Osteoporosis is unfortunately an extremely common disease affecting 10.2 million Americans and resulting in 2 million fractures each year i.... Read More

AMA Report Shows 37 Percent Decline in Opioid Prescribing But an Evolving and Deadlier Overdose Epidemic

Jul 21, 2020 at 11:28 am by pj

  AMA cites need to remove barriers to evidence-based care for patients with pain or a substance use disorder The American Medical Association’s Opioid Task Force.... Read More

National Cancer Database at UAMS Becomes U.S. Storehouse for COVID-19 Images  

Jul 21, 2020 at 11:05 am by pj

  A national database for patient cancer images at UAMS has become the official storage site for all of the United States’ COVID-19 clinical images, including ches.... Read More

Association of Independent Doctors Sends Letter to U.S. Senators Urging Passage of PRICE Transparency Act

Jul 21, 2020 at 12:07 am by pj

The Association of Independent Doctors submitted the below letter to all U.S. Senators urging them to co-sponsor the Health Care PRICE Transparency Act (S. 4106). .... Read More

A Revised Definition of Pain: IASP Revises Its Definition for the First Time Since 1979

Jul 16, 2020 at 01:28 pm by pj

    The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) has revised the definition of pain for the first time since 1979, the result of a years-long process.... Read More

Why Monitoring Continues on Kids Who Recover From Mysterious COVID-Linked Illness

Jul 16, 2020 at 11:51 am by pj

    By Fred Mogul, WNYC and Maria Godoy, NPR News, Kaiser Health News   Israel Shippy doesn’t remember much about having COVID-19 &mdas.... Read More

A Coronavirus Vaccine: Where Does It Stand?

Jul 16, 2020 at 11:47 am by pj

  By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact, Kaiser Health News More than four months into the coronavirus pandemic, how close are the U.S. and the world to a safe and e.... Read More

Conspiracy Theories Aside, Here’s What Contact Tracers Really Do

Jul 16, 2020 at 11:43 am by pj

(Hannah Norman/KHN Illustration)   By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News  In the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic, contact tracing is downright buzzy, and not a.... Read More