Volusia-Brevard Local News

With Demand Far Exceeding Supply, It Matters That People Are Jumping the Vaccine Line

Feb 02, 2021 at 05:12 pm by pj

  Elisabeth Rosenthal, Kaiser Health News   The Biden administration’s much-needed national strategy to end the covid-19 pandemic includes plans to remedy t.... Read More

Long-Haul Covid Cases Cast New Light on Chronic Fatigue Sufferers

Feb 02, 2021 at 05:08 pm by pj

  Kevin Cool , Kaiser Health News Four weeks after San Diego pediatric nurse Jennifer Minhas fell ill with covid-19 last March, her cough and fever had resolved, b.... Read More

Tampa’s Mayor vs. a Covid-Era Super Bowl

Feb 02, 2021 at 05:02 pm by pj

  Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News  With its lively music scene and Ybor City historical district full of bars and restaurants, Tampa has a nightlife hard to beat.... Read More

States Move Ahead With Canada Drug Importation While Awaiting Signal From Biden

Feb 02, 2021 at 04:54 pm by pj

  Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News  Florida, Colorado and several New England states are moving ahead with efforts to import prescription drugs from Canada, a pol.... Read More

As Vaccine Rollout Expands, Black Americans Still Left Behind

Feb 02, 2021 at 04:50 pm by pj

  Hannah Recht and Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News Black Americans are still receiving covid vaccinations at dramatically lower rates than white Americans even as the.... Read More

If This Self-Sufficient Hospital Cannot Stand Alone, Can Any Public Hospital Survive?

Feb 02, 2021 at 04:32 pm by pj

  By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News  In America’s health care system, dominated by hospital chain leviathans, New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmingt.... Read More

Kids Already Coping With Mental Disorders Spiral as Pandemic Topples Vital Support Systems

Feb 02, 2021 at 04:12 pm by pj

  By Christine Herman, Side Effects Public Media and Cory Turner, NPR and Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR A bag of Doritos, that’s all Princess wanted. Her mom calls her P.... Read More

Jess Parrish Medical Foundation and Parrish Medical Center Auxiliary Now Accepting Scholarship Applications for Students Pursuing Career in Healthcare

Feb 01, 2021 at 06:10 pm by pj

  Jess Parrish Medical Foundation (JPMF) and Parrish Medical Center (PMC) Auxiliary are now accepting scholarship applications from high school seniors who plan to pursu.... Read More

New $6.25 Million Grant Allows UF to Expand 10-year Study of Muscular Dystrophy Disease Progression

Feb 01, 2021 at 06:07 pm by pj

By JACKY SCOTT A new five-year, $6.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will support the University of Florida’s continued efforts to develop MRI bio.... Read More

Florida's VirtaMed Launches Surgical Gynecology Simulation Suite 

Feb 01, 2021 at 05:34 pm by pj

  Gynecologists to benefit from combined mixed reality training platform for hysteroscopy and gynecological laparoscopy     The need to learn surgical s.... Read More

Cannabis Beneficial Replacement Therapy for Psychotropic Drugs in Treating Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Severe Alzheimer’s Dementia

Jan 28, 2021 at 05:05 pm by pj

  By MICHAEL C. PATTERSON  A recent study published by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Frontiers of Psychiatry found that t.... Read More

New Covid Cases Plunge 25% or More as Behavior Changes

Jan 28, 2021 at 04:48 pm by pj

  Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News  A dozen states are reporting drops of 25% or more in new covid-19 cases and more than 1,200 counties have seen the same, fe.... Read More

Four Vital Health Issues, Not Tied to Covid, That Congress Addressed in Massive Spending Bill

Jan 28, 2021 at 04:43 pm by pj

    Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News Late last month, before President Joe Biden took office and proposed his pandemic relief plan, Congress passed a nearly.... Read More

Huge Gaps in Vaccine Data Make It Next to Impossible to Know Who Got the Shots

Jan 28, 2021 at 04:38 pm by pj

  Rachana Pradhan and Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News  As they rush to vaccinate millions of Americans, health officials are struggling to collect critically impo.... Read More

Can the US Keep Covid Variants in Check? Here’s What It Takes

Jan 28, 2021 at 04:33 pm by pj

  Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Kaiser Health News  The covid-19 variants that have emerged in the United Kingdom, Brazil, South Africa and now Southern California are.... Read More

Remdesivir, Given to Half of Hospitalized Covid Patients in U.S., Is Big Win for Gilead

Jan 28, 2021 at 04:28 pm by pj

  Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News  It was the end of April — just as the U.S. confirmed its millionth covid-19 case and 50,000 deaths — when Whi.... Read More

Poll: Nearly Half of American Adults Now Want the Covid Vaccine ASAP

Jan 28, 2021 at 04:23 pm by pj

  Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News    Americans’ reluctance to get vaccinated for covid-19 is waning, according to a poll released Wednesday. Nearly.... Read More

Big Business Boosts Vaccine Effort, but It’s ‘Complex Choreography’ to Get Shots in Arms 

Jan 28, 2021 at 04:20 pm by pj

    By Will Stone, Kaiser Health News As states await the promise of a renewed federal pandemic response and expand the number of Americans who qualify for a shot.... Read More

UF Health Researchers Find Two-drug Combo Shows Dramatic Results for COVID Patients

Jan 27, 2021 at 11:56 pm by pj

  By KELLY SOBERS  Combining an anti-inflammatory drug with an antiviral drug reduces recovery time and accelerates improvement for COVID-19 patients, a national s.... Read More

We’re Not Controlling It in Our Schools: Covid Safety Lapses Abound Across US

Jan 26, 2021 at 07:03 pm by pj

  Laura Ungar, Kaiser Health News  Computer science teacher Suzy Lebo saw covid-19 dangers frequently in her Indiana high school: classes with about 30 students si.... Read More