North Central Florida Local News

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

AIM ImmunoTech Enters into Agreement for Proposed Intranasal Safety Study of Ampligen

Feb 02, 2021 at 05:54 pm by pj

  AIM is Working to Develop an Effective COVID-19 Intranasal Therapy  OCALA — AIM ImmunoTech Inc. (NYSE American: AIM) today announced that it has enter.... 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

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

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