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Moderna Says Vaccine Is 100% Effective In Teens, Plans To Apply For FDA Authorization
Andrew Trunsky
Moderna announced Tuesday that its coronavirus vaccine was 100% effective against infection in kids aged 12 to 17, and that it [...]
Pasco County DOH Warns Of Mosquito-Borne Disease
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - The Florida Department of Health in Pasco County (DOH-Pasco) today advised residents there has been an increase in mosquito-born [...]
Is Your Living Room the Future of Hospital Care?
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 [...]
Tampa Hosts Teen-Friendly’ Vaccine Pop-Ups to Boost Summer Camp Safety
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- [...]
DOH-Citrus Brings COVID-19 Vaccine To Homebound Residents In Citrus County
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. - Thanks to lesser demand at the Duke Energy/DOH-Citrus vaccination site and a steady supply of the Johnson & Johnson's Janss [...]
To the Bat Cave: In Search of Covid’s Origins, Scientists Reignite Polarizing Debate on Wuhan ‘Lab Leak’
By: Arthur Allen
Once dismissed as a conspiracy theory, the idea that the covid virus escaped from a Chinese lab is gaining high-profile attention [...]
Psychology Vs. Neurology, How They Interlink
What are the characteristics of mental health? Mental health enables people to deal with everyday demands and stresses and to cope with them well. Th [...]
Doctors Now Must Provide Patients Their Health Data, Online And On-Demand
By Sarah Kwon
Last summer, Anna Ramsey suffered a flare-up of juvenile dermatomyositis, a rare autoimmune condition, posing a terrifying prospect [...]
A Few Ways To Get Through Tough Times
Tough times happen in life where we want them to or not. When these things happen we can feel overwhelmed and let everything get on top of us. Here a [...]
What Does Approval of the Pfizer Vaccine for Teens and Preteens Mean for My Child?
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
Q:The federal government approved the Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds. What does this mean for my child?
Ext [...]