Volusia-Brevard Local News

AdventHealth, Trackhouse Join Forces for NASCAR Season

Jan 11, 2022 at 01:22 pm by pj

MTJ Foundation event to benefit area cancer patients Driver Ross Chastain will race the No. 1 AdventHealth car in the season-opening DAYTONA 500, five other races in.... Read More

Supreme Court Weighs Biden’s Workplace Vaccine Requirements

Jan 10, 2022 at 08:11 pm by pj

By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News The Supreme Court on Friday took up one of the most contentious issues of the covid-19 pandemic, hearing a series of ca.... Read More

Hospitals Recruit International Nurses to Fill Pandemic Shortages

Jan 10, 2022 at 08:02 pm by pj

By Nick Ehli, Kaiser Health News BILLINGS, Mont. — Before Mary Venus was offered a nursing job at a hospital here, she’d never heard of Billings or v.... Read More

The War on Cancer at 50: The Origin Story Begins With a Socialite Citizen-Lobbyist

Jan 10, 2022 at 07:58 pm by pj

By Gabrielle Emanuel, WBUR, Kaiser Health News The roots of the National Cancer Act can be traced to a small home in Watertown, Wisconsin. In the early 1900s, a.... Read More

A New Paradigm Is Needed: Top Experts Question the Value of Advance Care Planning

Jan 10, 2022 at 07:49 pm by pj

By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News For decades, Americans have been urged to fill out documents specifying their end-of-life wishes before becoming termi.... Read More

OMNI Healthcare Offers Covid-19 Rapid and PCR Testing at All Offices; Soon to Offer Monoclonal Antibody Treatments

Jan 06, 2022 at 08:04 pm by pj

OMNI Healthcare President and CEO Dr. Craig Deligdish will be discussing the recent Covid-19 surge at a press conference to be held at the OMNI Healthcare headquarters.... Read More

OMNI Healthcare Offers Covid-19 Testing, Vaccine, and Boosters

Dec 29, 2021 at 05:03 pm by pj

MELBOURNE, FL - In light of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in Central Florida, OMNI Healthcare reminds the public that testing and vaccine are available at its offices t.... Read More

Nursing Homes Bleed Staff as Amazon Lures Low-Wage Workers with Prime Packages

Dec 29, 2021 at 11:28 am by pj

By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News ERLANGER, Ky. — The sleek corporate offices of one of Amazon’s air freight contractors looms over Villaspri.... Read More

As Patients Fell Ill With Covid Inside Hospitals, Government Oversight Fell Short

Dec 29, 2021 at 11:19 am by pj

By Lauren Weber and Christina Jewett, Photos by Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News One by one, the nurses taking care of actress Judi Evans at Riversid.... Read More

Pandemic Poses Short- and Long-Term Risks to Babies, Especially Boys

Dec 27, 2021 at 10:09 am by pj

By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News The pandemic has created a hostile environment for pregnant people and their babies. Stress levels among expectant mother.... Read More

Veterans Burial Benefits: Did you know…

Dec 22, 2021 at 12:09 pm by pj

By TEE ROGERS First, to all veterans, thank you for your service. I hope this information will help you or someone you know. Recently I met with a young man whose fath.... Read More

NICU Bill Installment Plan: That’ll Be $45,843 a Month for 12 Months, Please

Dec 22, 2021 at 11:56 am by pj

By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News Close to midnight on Nov. 12, 2020, Bisi Bennett was sitting on the couch in her pajamas and feeling uncomfortable. She wa.... Read More

Crash Course: Injured Patients Who Sign ‘Letters of Protection’ May Face Huge Medical Bills and Risks, Especially in Florida

Dec 22, 2021 at 11:33 am by pj

By Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News Jean Louis-Charles couldn’t afford spine surgery to ease nagging neck and back pain after a car crash. So he sign.... Read More