Volusia-Brevard Local News

The End of the Covid Emergency Could Mean a Huge Loss of Health Insurance

Apr 06, 2022 at 09:25 am by pj

By Elisabeth Rosenthal, Kaiser Health News If there has been a silver lining to this terrible covid-19 pandemic, it is that the rate of Americans without health insuranc.... Read More

Walmart Health Expands to Florida with Five New Health Centers

Apr 05, 2022 at 11:45 pm by pj

Walmart Health brings accessible, convenient care to Central Floridia    Florida families can now experience convenient access to health care with the opening of f.... Read More

Why Nurses Are Raging and Quitting After the RaDonda Vaught Verdict

Apr 05, 2022 at 11:30 pm by pj

By Brett Kelman and Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News  Emma Moore felt cornered. At a community health clinic in Portland, Oregon, the 29-year-old nurse.... Read More

Patients’ Perilous Months-Long Waiting for Medicaid Coverage Is a Sign of What’s to Come

Apr 05, 2022 at 11:17 pm by pj

By Bram Sable-Smith and Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News  Korra Elliott has tried to avoid seeing a doctor while waiting to get on Medicaid. She worrie.... Read More

Insulin Copay Cap Passes House Hurdle, But Senate Looks for a Broader Bill

Apr 05, 2022 at 11:10 pm by pj

By Michael McAuliff, Kaiser Health News  The chances of passing election-year legislation to help people afford insulin — which weeks ago seemed mired in poli.... Read More

Despite Doctors’ Concerns, Pharmacists Get More Leeway to Offer Treatment with Testing

Apr 05, 2022 at 11:03 pm by pj

By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News When Reyna or Justin Ansley or one of their three kids feels sick and needs to be tested for strep throat or flu, there’s a.... Read More

Delays for Autism Diagnosis and Treatment Grew Even Longer During the Pandemic

Mar 30, 2022 at 06:12 pm by pj

  By Andy Miller and Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News  Wylie James Prescott, 3, had to wait more than a year after his autism diagnosis to begin behav.... Read More

Covid and Schizophrenia: Why This Deadly Mix Can Deepen Knowledge of the Brain Disease

Mar 30, 2022 at 05:59 pm by pj

By April Dembosky, KQED, Kaiser Health News Most of the time, the voices in Keris Myrick’s head don’t bother her. They stay in the background or say ni.... Read More

AMA Survey Shows Widespread Enthusiasm for Telehealth; Urges Congress to Take Note of Barriers to Care

Mar 30, 2022 at 05:49 pm by pj

CHICAGO – An American Medical Association (AMA) survey released today shows physicians have enthusiastically embraced telehealth and expect to use it even more.... Read More

Climate Change May Push the US Toward the ‘Goldilocks Zone’ for West Nile Virus

Mar 30, 2022 at 05:44 pm by pj

By Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News Michael Keasling of Lakewood, Colorado, was an electrician who loved big trucks, fast cars, and Harley-Davidsons. He’d s.... Read More

VCMS Launches Modernized Website

Mar 23, 2022 at 08:43 pm by pj

The Volusia County Medical Society reactivated its updated and modernized website: www.vcms.org. Relaunching was the culmination of 90+ days of collaboration between VCM.... Read More

As a Nurse Faces Prison for a Deadly Error, Her Colleagues Worry: Could I Be Next?

Mar 23, 2022 at 08:17 pm by pj

By Brett Kelman, Kaiser Health News  NASHVILLE  — Four years ago, inside the most prestigious hospital in Tennessee, nurse RaDonda Vaught withdrew a vial.... Read More

Money Flows Into Addiction Tech, But Will It Curb Soaring Opioid Overdose Deaths?

Mar 23, 2022 at 08:10 pm by pj

By Brian Rinker, Kaiser Health News David Sarabia had already sold two startups by age 26 and was sitting on enough money to never have to work another day in his life..... Read More

Pfizer CEO Pushes Yearly Shots for Covid. Not So Fast, Experts Say.

Mar 23, 2022 at 08:06 pm by pj

By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News When Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said March 13 that all Americans would need a second booster shot, it struck many covid experts as a se.... Read More

It Was Already Hard to Find Evusheld, a Covid Prevention Therapy. Now It’s Even Harder.

Mar 23, 2022 at 08:02 pm by pj

By Hannah Recht, Kaiser Health News As immunocompromised people across the country work to get Evusheld, a potentially lifesaving covid therapy, several hundred provider.... Read More

Covid’s ‘Silver Lining’: Research Breakthroughs for Chronic Disease, Cancer, and the Common Flu

Mar 23, 2022 at 07:56 pm by pj

By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News The billions of dollars invested in covid vaccines and covid-19 research so far are expected to yield medical and scientific dividends f.... Read More

Safety Concerns are Keeping Healthcare Workers Home: Prompting Privacy & Personal Safety Can Bring Them Back

Mar 23, 2022 at 07:42 pm by pj

By Dimitri Shelest, CEO & Founder, OneRep In October 2021, the San Leandro Hospital emergency room was locked down when a visitor, upset that COVID-19 restrictions preven.... Read More

AMA Survey Shows Widespread Enthusiasm for Telehealth; Urges Congress to Take Note of Barriers to Care

Mar 23, 2022 at 06:58 pm by pj

An American Medical Association (AMA) survey released today shows physicians have enthusiastically embraced telehealth and expect to use it even more in the future..... Read More

Seeking Family Medicine Physicians for Fast Track/Minor Emergency Care at Advent Health Contract Hospitals in Volusia/Flagler

Mar 17, 2022 at 05:20 pm by pj

Looking for a high quality of life with a collegial practice environment? Join Emergency Medicine Professionals (EMPros) in sunny central Florida! We are an independent democr.... Read More

ECRI: Staffing Shortages and Clinician Mental Health are the Top Threats to Patient Safety

Mar 16, 2022 at 05:24 pm by pj

  Annual List of Patient Safety Concerns Dominated by Longstanding Stressors on Healthcare Workers Exacerbated by Pandemic    Report Issued in Conjunction wi.... Read More