Volusia-Brevard Local News

UF Health Researcher Answers Questions About the Latest COVID-19 Vaccine

Feb 11, 2021 at 12:49 am by pj

By BILL LEVESQUE    And soon, there will be three. Johnson & Johnson recently submitted its COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emer.... Read More

Telescope Health Founder Dr. Matthew Rill Demonstrating Foresight, Nimbleness in Current Crisis

Feb 10, 2021 at 01:24 am by pj

  By JOHN FOGARTY   Prior to the Coronavirus spreading into the U.S., Telescope Health leadership, Dr. Matthew Rill and co-founder Dr. Matt Thompson, understood t.... Read More

Your Employer-Sponsored Long-Term Disability Insurance is NOT Own Specialty

Feb 10, 2021 at 01:14 am by pj

  By Nick Trawinski   According to a survey conducted in 2018 by the American Medical Association, 2018 was the first time that the number of employed physicians.... Read More

Why the U.S. Is Underestimating Covid Reinfection

Feb 09, 2021 at 07:26 pm by pj

  JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News  Kaitlyn Romoser first caught covid-19 in March, likely on a trip to Denmark and Sweden, just as the scope of the pandemic was.... Read More

The State of Vaccine Supply: Opaque. Unpredictable. Hard to Pin Down.

Feb 09, 2021 at 07:15 pm by pj

  Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News  Even as the pace of vaccination against covid-19 has steadily accelerated — hitting an average of 1.3 million doses a da.... Read More

As Demand for Mental Health Care Spikes, Budget Ax Set to Strike

Feb 09, 2021 at 07:10 pm by pj

  Matt Volz February 5, 2021   When the pandemic hit, health officials in Montana’s Beaverhead County had barely begun to fill a hole left by the 2017 clo.... Read More

It’s Heart Month!  New Therapeutics for Some Heart Failure Patients

Feb 09, 2021 at 06:52 pm by pj

  Heart failure (HF) continues to rise alongside an aging population. The most recent statistical update from the American Heart Association notes: “An estima.... Read More

Florida Fails Annual Tobacco Report; E-Cigarette Licensing Needed to Reduce Youth Tobacco Use

Feb 09, 2021 at 06:28 pm by LungsOrlando

  By ASHLEY LYERLY    Last week, the American Lung Association released its 19th annual “State of Tobacco Control” report, which reveals that Flo.... Read More

Florida Provides Secure Access to Health Records During Public Health Emergencies and Disasters Through PULSE Enterprise

Feb 09, 2021 at 06:14 pm by pj

  The State of Florida is deploying Audacious Inquiry’s secure disaster response platform, the Patient Unified Lookup System for Emergencies™ “PULSE&rd.... Read More

Dr. Michael R. Blais Passes Away

Feb 08, 2021 at 03:44 pm by pj

Michael R. Blais, MD, 100, died Jan. 24, 2021. He moved to Florida in the 1920's and opened his medical practice in Daytona in 1956, then added Drs., Ayers, & Davis shor.... Read More

UF Health Scientists Study Prevalence of a Kissing Bug Disease Among Latin Americans in Florida

Feb 08, 2021 at 12:00 pm by pj

By BILL LEVESQUE It isn’t the “kiss” that sickens. The parasite that can slowly kill lurks in the feces, and not the bite, of the triatomine insect, commonl.... Read More

Preparing Physicians for the Peer Review Process

Feb 07, 2021 at 01:51 pm by pj

By STEVE BARHAM and CATHY DORVIL    For physicians, the peer review process has been created to address professional issues that arise and range from behavior.... Read More

Affordable Care Act (ACA): Impact on Individual Market Nine Years Later and the Challenges Ahead 

Feb 05, 2021 at 11:00 am by pj

By RUBY SIMMONS     The passage of the 2012 Affordable Care Act influenced the individual health insurance marketplace and in 2021, the m.... Read More

‘Cruel’ Digital Race For Vaccines Leaves Many Seniors Behind

Feb 04, 2021 at 06:35 pm by pj

  Will Stone Kaiser Health News   With millions of older Americans eligible for covid-19 vaccines and limited supplies, many continue to describe a frantic and fr.... Read More

Hard Bargain: Biden and Congress Agree on Basic Relief, but Chasms Remain on Covid Plan

Feb 04, 2021 at 06:30 pm by pj

  Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News    President Joe Biden and a group of Republicans agreed this week on how much Congress should spend on vaccine distr.... Read More

UF Researchers Receive $1.46 Million Grant for Alternatives to Opioids

Feb 04, 2021 at 05:51 pm by pj

By Dan Leveton   Imagine a world where emergency room patients and providers have access to a menu of pain management treatment options that include a blend of traditio.... Read More

Older Adults Without Family or Friends Lag in Race to Get Vaccines

Feb 04, 2021 at 12:17 am by pj

  Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News A divide between “haves” and “have-nots” is emerging as older adults across the country struggle to get covi.... Read More

100 Million Covid Shots in 100 Days Doesn’t Get Us Back to Normal

Feb 04, 2021 at 12:09 am by pj

  Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News April 30 will mark the end of the first 100 days of President Joe Biden’s tenure. That’s a benchmark presidents often.... Read More

New Daytona Beach VA Multi-Specialty Clinic

Feb 03, 2021 at 11:57 am by pj

  The Orlando VA Healthcare System has awarded the lease for the Daytona Beach VA Multi-Specialty Clinic. Carnegie Management and Development Corporation will build and.... Read More

UF Health Pilot Program to Deliver COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Therapy to Rural Communities

Feb 02, 2021 at 05:46 pm by pj

By Diana Tonnessen   A University of Florida Health pilot program will bring a new COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapy to rural communities in North Florida during the.... Read More