Kari Vargas Joins Second Harvest's Board of Directors

Mar 23, 2021 at 10:25 am by pj

  Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida recently welcomed Kari Vargas to its board of directors.   Vargas is AdventHealth’s Market CEO for the We.... Read More

Orlando VA Healthcare System Offering COVID-19 Vaccines for Enrolled Veterans Who Receive Care at VA  

Mar 23, 2021 at 09:40 am by pj

  The Orlando VA Healthcare Center is offering COVID-19 vaccines for all Veterans who receive care at VA regardless of age at certain VA clinics (see below for details)..... Read More

Healthcare Now Radio March 20, 2021

Mar 23, 2021 at 09:18 am by pj

 Join Larry Jones, CEO, Independent Healthcare Partners, and Dr. Mark Chaet, Pediatric Surgery, PA, along with John Kelly, Publisher of Orlando Medical News&nbs.... Read More

The Hype Has Faded, but Don’t Count Out Convalescent Plasma in Covid Battle

Mar 23, 2021 at 01:09 am by pj

  By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News  Six months after it was controversially hailed by Trump administration officials as a “breakthrough”.... Read More

So You’re Vaccinated Against Covid. Now What?

Mar 23, 2021 at 01:03 am by pj

  By Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News   As you surely know, this country’s covid vaccination effort has been plagued by major birth pangs: regist.... Read More

Some Dream, Others Scheme to Find a Vaccine Before Spring Break

Mar 23, 2021 at 12:55 am by pj

  By Fred Mogul, Kaiser Health News Hawaii, Florida, Seattle and the South of France are on the minds of New York City college students. Those are some of the dest.... Read More

Healthcare Now Radio March 13, 2021

Mar 22, 2021 at 10:39 am by pj

  Join Larry Jones, CEO, Independent Healthcare Partners, and Dr. Mark Chaet, Pediatric Surgery, PA, along with John Kelly, Publisher of Orlando Medical Ne.... Read More

New AI Tool to be Tested in NIH-funded Study to Improve Diagnosis of Parkinson’s and Related Disorders

Mar 20, 2021 at 05:09 pm by pj

By Michelle Jaffee University of Florida researchers will broadly test a new artificial intelligence tool aimed at distinguishing the precise diagnosis for patients with earl.... Read More

Landmark Covid Relief Law Pumps More Than $100 Billion Into Public Health

Mar 18, 2021 at 05:56 pm by pj

  By Steven Findlay, Kaiser Health News Acknowledging that chronic underfunding of public health contributed significantly to the nation’s fragmented respons.... Read More

Ophthalmologists, Other Physician Groups Vigorously Opposing Proposed Legislation  

Mar 18, 2021 at 01:14 pm by pj

  During the last week of January, State Sen. Manny Diaz and Rep. Alex Rizo filed Senate Bill 876 and House Bill 631 respectively, to once again attempt to expand the sc.... Read More

Nemours Children’s Primary Care in the Villages Plans Expansion 

Mar 18, 2021 at 10:35 am by pj

  Nemours Children’s Primary Care in The Villages, Florida, is moving to a larger space, located just upstairs from its current location, effective&.... Read More

Doctors Debate Use of Blood Thinners to Prevent Clots in Women After C-Sections

Mar 18, 2021 at 12:31 am by pj

  By Harris Meyer, Kaiser Health News   Nearly all women who deliver babies through cesarean section at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York.... Read More

Can Vaccination and Infection Rates Add Up to Reach Covid Herd Immunity?

Mar 18, 2021 at 12:26 am by pj

  By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News  It’s been a long, dark winter of covid concerns, stoked by high post-holiday case counts and the.... Read More

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

WeCare tlc Announces Strategic Partnership with Green Imaging

Mar 17, 2021 at 11:21 pm by pj

    Company offers employers option to provide diagnostic procedures with zero out-of-pocket cost to members   ORLANDO - With Covid-19.... 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

Nemours Children’s Health System Commends The Florida Chamber Foundation on Creating a “Scorecard” for Florida Children’s Health

Mar 17, 2021 at 10:53 pm by pj

Nemours Children’s Health System commends The Florida Chamber Foundation on Creating a “Scorecard” for Florida Children’s Health.   Nemours Chil.... Read More

Greg Osmond, MD, a Rising Leader in Digital Dermatopathology

Mar 17, 2021 at 10:32 pm by pj

  Meet Dr. Greg Osmond, a board-certified pathologist, dermatopathologist, and expert on cutaneous diseases. He is also the chief medical officer and cofounder of Pathol.... 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