North Central Florida Local News

FDA Approves Antibiotic for Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia

Jun 08, 2020 at 08:03 pm by pj

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Recarbrio (a combination of imipenem-cilastatin and relebactam) to treat hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-as.... Read More

FDA Reissues EUAs Revising Which Types of Respirators Can Be Decontaminated for Reuse

Jun 08, 2020 at 08:01 pm by pj

In response to public health and safety concerns about the appropriateness of decontaminating certain respirators, the agency is reissuing certain emergency use authorizations.... Read More

Rapid Changes to Health System Spurred by COVID Might Be Here to Stay

Jun 08, 2020 at 07:38 pm by pj

  Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News The U.S. health care system is famously resistant to government-imposed change. It took decades to create Medicare and Medicaid, most.... Read More

AdventHealth Ocala Named Safest Hospital in Marion County

Jun 08, 2020 at 06:29 pm by pj

  The hospital earned a Leapfrog Grade B; ranking higher than any other hospital in the county.   At a time when patient safety in our hospitals and health care f.... Read More

Lions Provide Clear Face Masks and Face Shields to Hearing Impaired

Jun 08, 2020 at 11:07 am by pj

Lions of District 35-O Hearing Program assist Deaf and Hard of Hearing   The Lions Clubs of District 35-O Hearing Program will provide complimentary clear face masks an.... Read More

SBA Enacting Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act

Jun 08, 2020 at 10:46 am by pj

  The Small Business Admisistration is enacting the new Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Flexibility Act.       Upcoming Proc.... Read More

Susan R. Bailey, MD, Inaugurated 175th President of the AMA

Jun 07, 2020 at 05:00 pm by pj

Texas allergist becomes third consecutive woman to hold office Susan R. Bailey, MD, an allergist from Fort Worth, was sworn in as the 175th president of the American Med.... Read More

Tear-Gassing Protesters During An Infectious Outbreak ‘A Recipe For Disaster’

Jun 06, 2020 at 03:38 pm by pj

  Will Stone Kaiser Health News In nationwide demonstrations sparked by the killing of George Floyd in police custody, protesters have been frequently pepper-spray.... Read More

Exclusive: Nearly 600, and Counting, US Health Workers Have Died of COVID-19

Jun 06, 2020 at 03:10 pm by pj

  Christina Jewett and Melissa Bailey, Danielle Renwick, Kaiser Health News   Nearly 600 front-line health care workers appear to have died of COVID-19, acco.... Read More

Nursing Home COVID-19 Data and Inspections Results Available on Nursing Home Compare

Jun 04, 2020 at 04:45 pm by pj

   The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is posting the first set of underlying coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) nursing home data. On April 19,.... Read More

UCF Moves Up in Ranking of Top 100 Universities Worldwide for Securing Patents

Jun 04, 2020 at 02:19 pm by pj

The work of two College of Medicine researchers helped UCF earn a ranking among the top 100 universities in the world when it comes to securing patents, for the se.... Read More

Judges Try To Balance Legal Rights And Courtroom Health Amid COVID-19

Jun 04, 2020 at 02:09 pm by pj

(KHN Illustration/Getty Images)   Brian Krans, Kaiser Health News It’s tough getting people to report for jury duty in normal times. It’s even harder durin.... Read More

In Hard-Hit Areas, COVID’s Ripple Effects Strain Mental Health Care Systems

Jun 04, 2020 at 01:55 pm by pj

    Cheryl Platzman Weinstock, Kaiser Health News In late March, Marcell’s girlfriend took him to the emergency room at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, about.... Read More

Hype Collides with Science as FDA Tries to Rein in Wild West of COVID Blood Tests

Jun 04, 2020 at 01:41 pm by pj

    JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News and Anna Maria Barry-Jester  “Save your business while saving lives,” reads the website of Because Health,.... Read More

ICUs Become A Delirium Factory For COVID Patients

Jun 04, 2020 at 01:34 pm by pj

    Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News    Doctors are fighting not only to save lives from COVID-19, but also to protect patients’ brains. Although C.... Read More

Opinion: COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights the Need for Primary Care Physicians

Jun 04, 2020 at 12:11 pm by pj

By DR. DAVID REICHERT      Dwindling reliance on primary care physicians is burdening health care system and limiting care resources   &.... Read More

UCF/HCA Healthcare Announce Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program

Jun 04, 2020 at 11:57 am by pj

    A new Vascular Surgery fellowship program, based at the Orlando VA Medical Center and Osceola Regional Medical Center, has receiv.... Read More

Study Warns of CBD Supplement Harm to Gut Health

Jun 04, 2020 at 10:48 am by pj

    Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the University of Mississippi are warning in the first study of its kind that CBD sup.... Read More

DOH-Marion Urges Those Tested for COVID -19 to Wait for Results and Take Precautions Before Resuming Activities

Jun 02, 2020 at 07:48 pm by pj

OCALA - As local businesses and activities begin to move closer to normal, residents and visitors need to continue exercising caution to prevent the spread of COVID-19. T.... Read More

Hiring A Diverse Army To Track COVID-19 Amid Reopening

Jun 02, 2020 at 01:48 pm by pj

(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Brendan Mackie)   Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News and Anna Almendrala  As a contact tracer, Teresa Ayala-Cas.... Read More