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Florida Nursing Home Owner To Pay $1.75M In COVID-19 Vaccine Probe
The owner of a West Palm Beach nursing home will pay $1.75 million to settle claims that it improperly diverted doses of COVID-19 vaccine to memb [...]
Florida COVID-19 Inpatient Total Dips
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Friday that 3,789 Florida hospital inpatients had COVID-19, down from 3,841 in a Thursday c [...]
Pasco DOH Offering No-Cost Back-To-School Immunizations
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - School may be out for the Summer, but now is the time to start planning for the school year and that means more than just st [...]
Inpatients With COVID-19 In Florida Up Slightly
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported Tuesday that 3,746 Florida hospital inpatients had COVID-19, up slightly from Monday an [...]
CDC Says Florida Meningococcal Disease Outbreak One Of The Worst In US History
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues its collaboration with the Florida Department of Health to investigate one of the [...]
Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Bill to Boost Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a bill aimed at boosting efforts by doctors and other healthcare providers to detect Alzheimer’s disease and [...]
Inpatients With COVID-19 In Florida Down Slightly
After hitting 3,500 last week, the number of Florida hospital inpatients with COVID-19 has inched down. The U.S. Department of Health and Human S [...]
Recipe: Cook With Heart Health In Mind
(Family Features) Healthy eating doesn’t have to be difficult or require you to take favorite meals off your family’s menu. In fact, making smart [...]
Pinellas County Issues Air Pollution Precautionary Advisory For Sunday
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - The Pinellas County Air Quality section is issuing an Air Pollution Precautionary Advisory due to elevated levels of the [...]
Florida Moves Forward On Proposal Denying Transgender Meds, Treatments
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration moved forward Friday with a proposal that would deny Medicaid coverage for treatments such as puberty-blocking [...]