Early in President Joe Biden’s tenure, his administration promised to play a key role in ensuring opioid settlement funds went toward tackling the nation’s addiction crisis. During the 2020 campaign, Biden had laid out a plan to appoint an “opioid crisis accountability coordinator” to support…
Read More Biden Admin Vowed To Be A Leading Voice On Opioid Settlements But Has Gone Quiet
After the House passed the idea last week, the Senate could be poised to take up a plan that would expand eligibility for the KidCare subsidized health insurance program. The Senate Fiscal Policy Committee on Thursday approved a bill (SB 246), sponsored by Sen. Alexis…
Read More KidCare Expansion Headed To Full Florida Senate
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – More than 2,700 abused and neglected children live within the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, which includes Hillsborough County, yet most of us are unaware of their plight. They are infants, toddlers, and children, the majority below 12 years of age. They are…
Read More Statewide Guardian ad Litem: The Face Of Child Abuse
Suzette Zuena is her own best advertisement for weight loss. Zuena, the “founder/visionary” of LH Spa & Rejuvenation in Livingston and Madison, New Jersey, has dropped 30 pounds. Her husband has lost 42 pounds. “We go out a lot,” Zuena said of the pair’s social…
Read More Social Media Is Fueling Enthusiasm For New Weight Loss Drugs. Are Regulators Watching?
The new drug looked so promising — except for that one warning sign. At the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting in 2008, Duke University’s Dr. John Sundy proudly announced that pegloticase, a drug he’d helped develop, was astoundingly effective at treating severe gout, which…
Read More The Drug Company That Prospered Without Creating Any Drugs
TAMPA, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County has issued a public health advisory for Davis Island Beach due to high bacteria levels. This should be considered a potential risk to the bathing public, and swimming is not recommended. Samples taken, were…
Read More Health Advisory Issued For Davis Island Beach Due To Fecal Pollution
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing an alert in the United States about two confirmed outbreaks of Marburg virus disease (MVD)—one in Equatorial Guinea and one in Tanzania Currently, there is no evidence to suggest that these two outbreaks are related;…
Read More CDC Issues Health Advisory On Marburg Virus Disease
MagVenture TMS Atlas™ Neuro Navigation System is a time-saving coil positioning system for the clinical application of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Atlas™ uses the patient’s unique MRI data set for precise, individualized coil positioning to target the exact TMS treatment spots in the brain. Atlas™…
Read More FDA Clears MagVenture TMS Atlas™ Neuro Navigation System For Coil Positioning
The Florida House this week could give final approval to a bill that seeks to prevent abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The House will take up the proposal (HB 7 and SB 300) on Thursday, which could lead to a vote on Friday, according…
Read More Florida Lawmakers Set To Take Up 6-Week Abortion Limit
A Florida House committee on Monday advanced a proposal that would prohibit businesses and government agencies from requiring people to take COVID-19 tests or wear masks to enter their facilities, with the measure’s sponsor calling such mandates “discriminatory practices.” The proposal would build on prohibitions…
Read More Florida House Panel Eyes Prohibitions Against Pandemic ‘Discrimination’