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 Brandon TMS Aims To Battle Depression Using Magnetic StimulationPASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate is at 3.8 percent in Pasco County as of Tuesday, June 1. This is the lowest the rolling positivity rate has been since October 2020. The Florida Department of Health in Pasco County (DOH-Pasco) continues to…
Read More Pasco County COVID-19 Positivity Rate Drops Below 4%, Over 236,000 Vaccinated
Andrew Trunsky A 41-year-old man in the Chinese province of Jiangsu is the first human to have contracted the H10N3 strain of bird flu, the country’s National Health Commission said Tuesday. The man was hospitalized with the disease in late April after showing symptoms and…
Read More China Reports First Human Case Of Bird Flu Strain
It’s been a rough couple of days for the COVID fearmongers. For one thing, a University of Louisville study torpedoed the idea that mask mandates work. “We hypothesized that statewide mask mandates and mask use are associated with lower COVID-19 case growth rates in the…
Read More Increasingly, Research Into COVID-19 Reveals That Much Of What We Thought Was Wrong – Even As People Don’t Want To Let Go
TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa General Hospital became the first health system in the West Florida Region on May 18 to perform a procedure using Bulkamid®, a hydrogel that restores the natural closing of the urethra to help women suffering from stress urinary incontinence. The procedure was performed at Brandon…
Read More Tampa General Hospital Performs New Procedure to Help Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence
Andrew Trunsky Moderna announced Tuesday that its coronavirus vaccine was 100% effective against infection in kids aged 12 to 17, and that it planned to apply for FDA authorization in June. The company tested its vaccine in 3,732 participants in the age range, and found…
Read More Moderna Says Vaccine Is 100% Effective In Teens, Plans To Apply For FDA Authorization
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health in Pasco County (DOH-Pasco) today advised residents there has been an increase in mosquito-borne disease activity in areas of Pasco County. Several sentinel chickens have tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis virus infection. As a result,…
Read More Pasco County DOH Warns Of Mosquito-Borne Disease
By Julie Appleby Major hospital systems are betting big money that the future of hospital care looks a lot like the inside of patients’ homes. Hospital-level care at home — some of it provided over the internet — is poised to grow after more than a…
Read More Is Your Living Room the Future of Hospital Care?
TAMPA, Fla. – In an effort to make it more convenient for parents to get their eligible children vaccinated, the City of Tampa will be hosting COVID-19 vaccine pop-ups at several of its Parks and Recreation facilities this summer. Parents who have young teens participating…
Read More Tampa Hosts Teen-Friendly’ Vaccine Pop-Ups to Boost Summer Camp Safety
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. – Thanks to lesser demand at the Duke Energy/DOH-Citrus vaccination site and a steady supply of the Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine, the Florida Department of Health in Citrus County (DOH-Citrus) is now providing vaccines to homebound residents in Citrus County.…
Read More DOH-Citrus Brings COVID-19 Vaccine To Homebound Residents In Citrus County