North Central Florida Local News

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

Why Even Presidential Pressure Might Not Get More Vaccine to Market Faster

Jan 26, 2021 at 06:58 pm by pj

  Liz Szabo, Sarah Jane Tribble, Arthur Allen and Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News    Americans are dying of covid-19 by the thousands, but efforts to ramp up.... Read More

Amid Covid Health Worker Shortage, Foreign-Trained Professionals Sit on Sidelines

Jan 26, 2021 at 06:54 pm by pj

  Markian Hawryluk, Kaiser Health News As hospitals nationwide struggle with the latest covid-19 surge, it’s not so much beds or ventilators in short supply. It&r.... Read More

Anti-Vaccine Activists Peddle Theories That Covid Shots Are Deadly, Undermining Vaccination

Jan 26, 2021 at 06:33 pm by pj

  Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News  Anti-vaccine groups are exploiting the suffering and death of people who happen to fall ill after receiving a covid shot, threaten.... Read More

Trump’s Pardons Included Health Care Execs Behind Massive Frauds

Jan 26, 2021 at 06:29 pm by pj

  Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News    At the last minute, President Donald Trump granted pardons to several individuals convicted in huge Medicare swindles t.... Read More

Covid Vaccine Rollout Leaves Most Older Adults Confused Where to Get Shots

Jan 26, 2021 at 06:25 pm by pj

  By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Over a month into a massive vaccination program, most older Americans report they don’t know where or when they can get ino.... Read More

Orlando Health to Increase Starting Wage to a Minimum of $15 an Hour in Multi-step Process 

Jan 26, 2021 at 05:34 pm by pj

First increase set for January 31, 2021  Orlando - Orlando Health has announced it will raise the starting wage across its network to at least $15 an hour in a.... Read More

Central Florida Regional Hospital Earns Three-Year CARF Accreditation

Jan 25, 2021 at 06:03 pm by Melissa

  Central Florida Regional Hospital, an affiliate of HCA Healthcare’s North Florida Division – Orlando Market, announced its acute inpatient rehabilitation p.... Read More

NFL to give 7,500 Vaccinated Healthcare Workers Free Tickets to Super Bowl LV

Jan 24, 2021 at 03:05 pm by pj

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced today that the NFL is inviting approximately 7,500 vaccinated health care workers to Super Bowl LV as guests of the NFL to thank and h.... Read More

Webinar: The “New Normal” for Managing Medical Office Space

Jan 24, 2021 at 01:28 pm by pj

While the CDC and other governmental and trade groups have issued wide-ranging guidance on “reopening” medical office space in light of COVID, the realities are th.... Read More

UF Researchers See Promising Results in Study of Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Jan 21, 2021 at 08:34 pm by pj

By JILL PEASE  Using innovative methods to measure changes in muscle, a University of Florida team has shown that after treatment with an investigational gene therapy, t.... Read More

Global Leader in Improving Brain Performance Opens 30,000- Sq-Ft Scientific Medical Center in Central Florida

Jan 21, 2021 at 08:13 pm by FINNFL

Aviv Clinics Unveils First, Only Treatment Facility of Its Kind in North America   World leader in improving brain performance, Aviv Clinics, has opened its state-of-.... Read More

After a Decade of Lobbying, ALS Patients Gain Faster Access to Disability Payments

Jan 21, 2021 at 06:08 pm by pj

  By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Anita Baron first noticed something was wrong in August 2018, when she began to drool. Her dentist chalked it up to a problem.... Read More

Door to Door in Miami’s Little Havana to Build Trust in Testing, Vaccination

Jan 21, 2021 at 05:56 pm by pj

  By Verónica Zaragovia, WLRN, Kaiser Health News   Little Havana is a neighborhood in Miami that, until the pandemic, was known for its active street life.... Read More

California Is Overriding Its Limits on Nurse Workloads as Covid Surges

Jan 21, 2021 at 05:27 pm by pj

  By April Dembosky, Kaiser Health News   California’s telemetry nurses, who specialize in the electronic monitoring of critically ill patients, normally ta.... Read More