North Central Florida Local News

HIV Drug Shows Potential to Combat Genetic Form of Dystonia in Preclinical Study

Sep 12, 2021 at 03:50 pm by pj

By Todd Taylor A new study found that an FDA-approved medication to treat HIV restored multiple brain abnormalities in a mouse model of a genetic form of dystonia. Dystonia.... Read More

Your Covid Game Plan: Are Stadiums Safe?

Sep 09, 2021 at 04:36 pm by pj

  By Phil Galewitz and Andy Miller, Kaiser Health News  The college football season is kicking into high gear, the National Football League season s.... Read More

Florida Spine Surgeon and Device Company Owner Charged in Kickback Scheme

Sep 09, 2021 at 04:24 pm by pj

  By Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News  A Florida orthopedic surgeon and designer of costly spinal surgery implants was arrested Tuesday and charged with payin.... Read More

RSV Vaccine Clinical Trial Now Enrolling at Accel Research Sites

Sep 09, 2021 at 12:43 pm by pj

DeLand, St. Petersburg sites will participate   While the world’s focus was on developing a vaccine for COVID-19 over the last year, many other important clinical.... Read More

AMA Releases 2022 CPT Code Set

Sep 09, 2021 at 12:12 am by pj

 Innovative work to meet the urgent public health need for streamlined reporting and tracking of COVID-19 vaccinations is presented in today’s releas.... Read More

UF Health Researcher, Collaborators Discover Compounds to Boost Stroke Recovery

Sep 07, 2021 at 08:40 pm by pj

By Doug BennettGAINESVILLE, Fla. — When a patient suffers a stroke, oxygen-starved brain cells begin dying within minutes. In these crucial moments, the brain produces a.... Read More

Lake-Sumter Medical Society Hosts "Vaccines and Variants: An Update on COVID-19" Virtual Learning

Sep 07, 2021 at 08:23 pm by pj

  Sonya Rasmussen, MD, formerly with the CDC and currently professor at UF Health, speaks on "Vaccines and Variants: An Update on COVID-19" Thu, Septemb.... Read More

Rise in RSV; Why are we Seeing this Common Winter Virus in the Summer?

Sep 07, 2021 at 02:29 pm by pj

By JANELLE HOM    Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory about an increase in Respiratory sync.... Read More

Keeping Your Floors Healthy

Sep 07, 2021 at 02:26 pm by pj

  By LAUREN ODDO Just like you have to feed, take care of and maintain your body in order to maintain your overall health, the same will need to be done with your floor.... Read More

UF Health Psychiatrist Talks About the Mental Health Challenges Posed by COVID-19

Sep 02, 2021 at 07:05 pm by pj

By Bill Levesque It’s a pandemic seemingly without end. The latest coronavirus variant is fueling a surge in cases while Americans worry about ever-more infectious vers.... Read More

Lack of a Vaccine Mandate Becomes Competitive Advantage in Hospital Staffing Wars

Sep 01, 2021 at 05:59 pm by pj

  By Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News  In the rural northeastern corner of Missouri, Scotland County Hospital has been so low on staff that it sometimes had t.... Read More

What Missouri Learned the Hard Way About Rapid Covid Testing in Schools

Sep 01, 2021 at 05:54 pm by pj

  By Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News Early in the tumultuous 2020-21 school year, Missouri officials made a big gamble: set aside roughly 1 million rapid covid.... Read More

Pandemic Unveils Growing Suicide Crisis for Communities of Color

Sep 01, 2021 at 05:45 pm by pj

  By Aneri Pattani, Kaiser Health News  Rafiah Maxie has been a licensed clinical social worker in the Chicago area for a decade. Throughout that time, she&rs.... Read More

How Can Adults Help Children Who Have Lost a Loved One?

Aug 30, 2021 at 01:47 am by pj

    Tavares – When someone loses a loved one, the person can experience a variety of intense feelings. The emotions can be consuming and even overwhelming to.... Read More

These Governors Push Experimental Antibody Therapy — But Shun Vaccine and Mask Mandates

Aug 25, 2021 at 06:36 pm by pj

By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News  For months, Joelle Ruppert was among the millions of Americans who are covid vaccine holdouts. Her reluctance, she said, was n.... Read More

Marion County DOH Opens Site for Covid Boosters

Aug 25, 2021 at 05:38 pm by pj

OCALA —The Department of Health in Marion County is taking appointments to give third Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 shots to immunocompromised Marion County residents.... Read More

UF Health Researchers Use Big Data to Improve Care for People with Rare Diseases

Aug 24, 2021 at 11:39 am by pj

By Diana Tonnessan Researchers at University of Florida Health and the OneFlorida+ Clinical Research Network are using big data analytics to scale up rese.... Read More

Biden’s No-Jab-No-Job Order Creates Quandary for Nursing Homes

Aug 24, 2021 at 06:38 am by pj

By Jordan Rau and Andy Miller, Kaiser Health News President Joe Biden’s edict that nursing homes must ensure their workers are vaccinated against covid-1.... Read More

‘We Sent a Terrible Message’: Scientists Say Biden Jumped the Gun With Vaccine Booster Plan

Aug 24, 2021 at 06:32 am by pj

  By Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News The Biden administration’s plans to make covid-19 booster shots available next month has drawn a collective sc.... Read More

School or ‘Russian Roulette’? Amid Delta Variant and Lax Mask Rules, Some Parents See No Difference

Aug 24, 2021 at 06:25 am by pj

  By Rae Ellen Bichell, Kaiser Health News The child had just started kindergarten. Or, as her mother called it, “Russian roulette.” That’s.... Read More