Orange-DOH Going Back to School Safely

Aug 20, 2020 at 11:41 am by pj

This Friday, in-person learning at Orange County schools will begin. The Florida Department of Health in Orange County encourages everyone to take steps to stay healthy and pr.... Read More

Orlando Epilepsy Center Welcomes Dr. Claudio Osorio

Aug 20, 2020 at 11:23 am by pj

 The Orlando Epilepsy Center welcomes Claudio A. Osorio, MD, Epileptologist and Neurologist. Dr. Osorio is among the neurology specialist who will help families address a.... Read More

Four Women are Redefining What it Means to be a Urologist 

Aug 20, 2020 at 08:31 am by pj

    These physicians at Orlando Health are unique in their specialty   Everybody has a heart.  Everybody has lungs. Everybody has a digestive tract.... Read More

The Explosion of US Cannabis Sales and its Effect on American Healthcare

Aug 20, 2020 at 05:55 am by pj

  By MICHAEL C. PATTERSON   The Marijuana Business Factbook, provided by Marijuana Business Daily, has recently projected that the U.S. Cannabis market (medical a.... Read More

American Lung Association Calls on Florida Residents to Pledge to Stand Up for Clean Air, Take Action on Climate Change

Aug 20, 2020 at 05:39 am by pj

   Stand Up for Clean Air initiative encourages collective action to address public health threats of climate change and air pollution.   The Clean Air Act,.... Read More

Developing a Next-generation Coronavirus Test for Home Use

Aug 18, 2020 at 02:47 pm by pj

Piyush Jain was headed home from another late night in his University of Florida lab when he got the word from his grad student — the rapid test they had been tr.... Read More

Burnett School Graduates 100+ Scientists Amidst Pandemic

Aug 18, 2020 at 02:39 pm by pj

Earlier this month, 121 young scientists graduated from the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences in a virtual commencement due to  COVID-19 physical distancing requireme.... Read More

Mustafa Kinaan, MD, Takes Faculty Position in UCF-HCA Healthcare Endocrinology Fellowship

Aug 18, 2020 at 02:08 pm by pj

As a young physician, Mustafa Kinaan helped build UCF’s new residency and fellowship programs. After five years of training, he’s staying in Greater Orlando to &ld.... Read More

Digestive and Liver Center of Florida to Hold Opening

Aug 18, 2020 at 12:51 pm by pj

  Digestive and Liver Center of Florida, an industry-leading Gastroenterology and Colorectal practice, is on the rise and expanding. The newly renovated location, at 7.... Read More

Cancer Educational Wellness Series

Aug 18, 2020 at 12:34 pm by pj

As part of the UF Health Palliative Care's Cancer Educational Wellness Series, Dr. Robert L. Cook, Consortium Associate Director, presented "Medical Marijuana as a Treatment f.... Read More

PPE Shortage Could Last Years Without Strategic Plan, Experts Warn

Aug 18, 2020 at 12:06 pm by pj

  By Jessica Glenza, The Guardian, Kaiser Health News Shortages of personal protective equipment and medical supplies could persist for years without strategic gov.... Read More

Trust, Fear and Solidarity Will Determine the Success of a COVID Vaccine

Aug 18, 2020 at 12:02 pm by pj

  By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News Thousands of letters stuffed with money flooded Jonas Salk’s mailbox the week after his polio vaccine was declared safe.... Read More

COVID Data Failures Create Pressure for Public Health System Overhaul

Aug 15, 2020 at 10:33 am by pj

  By Harris Meyer, Kaiser Health System After terrorists slammed a plane into the Pentagon on 9/11, ambulances rushed scores of the injured to community hospitals,.... Read More

Back to Life: COVID Lung Transplant Survivor Tells Her Story

Aug 15, 2020 at 10:25 am by pj

  By Christine Herman, Side Effects Public Media, Kaiser Health News Mayra Ramirez remembers the nightmares. During six weeks on life support at Northwestern Memo.... Read More

‘Is This When I Drop Dead?’ Two Doctors Report From the COVID Front Lines

Aug 15, 2020 at 10:11 am by pj

  By Danielle Renwick, The Guardian Health workers across the country looked on in horror when New York became the global epicenter of the coronavirus. Now, as phy.... Read More

CMS has Issued More Than $15 Million in Fines to Nursing Homes During COVID-19 Pandemic

Aug 14, 2020 at 07:03 pm by pj

CMS Enforcement Action Against Nursing Homes Triples compared to last year The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that the agency has imposed mo.... Read More

True Health Express is Opening September 1 on Lake Underhill

Aug 14, 2020 at 01:44 pm by pj

Central Florida residents will soon benefit from a new walk-in health center, True Health Express, at True Health’s Lake Underhill location. True Health Express w.... Read More

Rinehart Surgery Center Opens in Lake Mary

Aug 13, 2020 at 08:27 pm by pj

    The Rinehart Surgery Center, an affiliate of Orlando Health, is now open in Lake Mary following a ribbon-cutting earlier today for the new facility.  Wit.... Read More

What the Health? Kamala Harris on Health

Aug 13, 2020 at 01:26 pm by pj

      California Sen. Kamala Harris, the newly named running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, doesn’t have a lot of ba.... Read More

Minority Students Analyze COVID Data on Racial Disparities

Aug 13, 2020 at 01:21 pm by pj

  By Esther Landhuis, Kaiser Health News As the coronavirus swept into Detroit this spring, Wayne State University junior Skye Taylor noticed something striking. O.... Read More