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’
At a health-screening event in Sarasota, Florida, people gathered in a parking lot and waited their turn for blood pressure or diabetes checks. The event was held in Sarasota’s Newtown neighborhood, a historically Black community. Local Tracy Green, 54, joined the line outside a pink-and-white…
Read More High Inflation And Housing Costs Force Many Americans To Delay Needed Care
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared last month that California was “done” doing business with Walgreens after the pharmacy chain said it would not distribute an abortion pill in 21 states where Republicans threatened legal action. Since then, KHN has learned that the Democratic governor must compromise on his…
Read More Gov. Newsom Wanted California To Cut Ties With Walgreens. Then Federal Law Got In The Way.
The Florida Senate on Monday teed up a measure that would make it a crime for doctors to use gender-affirming treatment such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery for transgender minors. The proposal, which includes an exemption for children currently receiving puberty blockers or…
Read More Florida Senate Set to Block Treatment For Trans Youths
The number of Florida residents who have died from COVID-19 has climbed above 87,500, according to data released Friday by the Florida Department of Health. As of Thursday, 87,585 resident deaths had been reported since the pandemic started in 2020. That was an increase of…
Read More COVID-19 Death Total In Florida Continues Climb
(StatePoint) Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common birth defects, and doctors and affected families can help ensure that individuals with CHDs receive lifelong congenital cardiac care to stay healthy. In 2010, it was estimated that approximately 1 million children and 1.4 million adults…
Read More Connecting Those With Heart Defects To Needed Care
More than $50 billion in settlement funds is being delivered to thousands of state and local governments from companies accused of flooding their communities with opioid painkillers that have left millions addicted or dead. That’s an enormous amount of money — double NASA’s budget and five times the revenue…
Read More $50 Billion In Opioid Settlement Cash Is On The Way. We’re Tracking How It’s Spent.
Consider three hypothetical women in their mid-70s, all living alone in identical economic circumstances with the same array of ailments: diabetes, arthritis, and high blood pressure. Ms. Green stays home most of the time and sometimes goes a week without seeing people. But she’s in…
Read More Being ‘Socially Frail’ Comes With Health Risks for Older Adults
BRANDON, Fla. – Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is an FDA-approved treatment to reduce depression symptoms with very little risk of side effects; the treatment has shown a 60% response rate for adults 18 and over who have been diagnosed with treatment-resistant depression Brandon TMS and…
Read More Who Is A Good Candidate To Treat Depression With TMS?