Binge drinkers increased their alcohol consumption by nearly 20% during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, according to new research by public health experts at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Their study, published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, is one of the first to analyzeContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Health in Brevard County (DOH-Brevard) issued a rabies alert for the South Lake Shores area of Titusville 32796. This is in response to a cat that tested positive on December 14, 2020. All residents and visitors in Brevard County should be aware that rabies is presentContinue Reading
On Thursday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis provided an update on Florida’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan after returning from a Washington, D.C. meeting, which includes details on the state’s initial allocation of 179,400 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. “The federal government has allocated Florida 179,400 doses of the Pfizer vaccine forContinue Reading
On Thursday, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) introduced H.R.8932, the Protect Women’s Sports Act. Given the average difference in abilities conferred by biological sex, this bill would clarify Title IX protections for female athletes is based on biological sex. “Title IX was a historic provision championed byContinue Reading
Health officials in Marion County report a raccoon in Reddick has tested positive for rabies. People who live or work in the Reddick area (particularly those who live south of Northwest 120th Street, west of Northwest 75th Avenue, north of Northwest 100th Street and east of Northwest 90th Avenue, shouldContinue Reading
Former NFL linebacker and proud USA member Dan Skuta heads to the Florida Keys on a multi-species saltwater adventure on an episode of the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) Brotherhood Outdoors TV series airing the week of Dec. 14. Skuta, along with the USA’s Forrest Parker, spends three action-packed days probing the reefsContinue Reading
A clinical hypnotherapist has helped more than 15 million people drift off to sleep after launching a record-breaking podcast from his spare bedroom during the lockdowns. Christopher Fitton created the guided meditation and sleep hypnosis podcast Sleep Cove in early 2020, in part to hone his hypnotherapy skills while working a fullContinue Reading
In a follow-up on the police raid of former Department of Health scientist, Rebekah Jones Tallahassee home yesterday, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) issued a statement of serving the search warrant: According to FDLE Commissioner Rick Swearingen, “Our investigation began last month following a complaint by Florida DepartmentContinue Reading
Rebekah Jones, the former Florida Department of Health data scientist, who was fired from her job in May and has since started her own COVID-19 dashboard, tweeted today a video showing a raid by police officers with her husband and children apparently upstairs (see below). Jones tweeted: At 8:30 amContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) reported a Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) case in an unvaccinated donkey in Orange County. The donkey, a four-year-old mare, began showing symptoms in mid- November–down, recumbency, unable to rise. The animal was euthanized. This is Florida’s 22nd confirmed case of EEEContinue Reading
Just like President-elect Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris before him, Reverend and Georgia US Senate Democratic candidate, Raphael Warnock totally sidestepped the question on whether he favored packing the Supreme Court Sunday evening in his debate with Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler. Warnock was asked by one of the journalistsContinue Reading
Despite spending more on health care than most other developed countries with universal health care, Canada has some of the lowest numbers of doctors, hospital beds, and medical technologies—and the longest wait times, finds a new study released recently by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.Continue Reading
On Friday, US Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Jeffrey L. Davis (22, Tampa) and Tyee Spike II (18, Tampa) with participating in ten armed robberies that occurred in Tampa, Fishhawk, and Riverview between October 13 and October 19, 2020. Davis and Spike are jointlyContinue Reading
Tampa General Hospital (TGH) announced the opening of the new Taneja Family Global Emerging Diseases Institute. The stand alone facility, which will be run by TGH’s chief epidemiologist and chair of Internal Medicine at USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, Dr. John Sinnott, will provide world-class care for patients battlingContinue Reading
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Big Cat Public Safety Act yesterday by a vote of 272 to 114, eight months after the salacious reality television series “Tiger King” put the animal welfare and public safety issues of private ownership of tigers and lions on the American radarContinue Reading
On Tuesday, the jihadi group, Boko Haram admitted to the brutal massacre of farmworkers in the northeast Nigeria state of Borno over the weekend, just outside the capital of Maiduguri. Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau said said in a short video said his group killed 78 farmers because “the farmersContinue Reading
The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) today advised the public to stay at home with the family this Christmas season and instead use digital platforms such as video calls to keep in touch with relatives for a safer and healthier Christmas. “We can still have a meaningful Christmas even ifContinue Reading
The City of Tampa announced they will be giving away 355,000 FREE face coverings at four Parks & Recreation locations in an effort to further prevent the spread of COVID-19. What started Thursday, will continue into Saturday, December 5 (while supplies last). 355,000 face coverings will be available at fourContinue Reading
USF Health and Tampa General Hospital have been selected as a site for a clinical trial testing the Novavax NVX-CoV2373 vaccine for COVID-19. They join over 100 research sites expecting to enroll more than 30,000 adult participants as part of the global search for a safe and effective vaccine toContinue Reading
Big Cat Rescue in Tampa reported today that a 5-year volunteer at the compound was attacked by a tiger. The volunteer, Candy Couser, was feeding was feeding Kimba Tiger. According to Big Cat Rescue: She saw that he was locked in a section that was away from where he wasContinue Reading
The City of Los Angeles issued a Targeted Safer at Home Order yesterday in response to the increase in COVID-19 cases. This prompted Mayor Eric Garcetti to say, “My message couldn’t be simpler, It’s time to hunker down. It’s time to cancel everything. And if it isn’t essential, don’t doContinue Reading
