When Congress meets mid-June to discuss the Fiscal Year 2023 budget, the Biden administration’s pro-death radical agenda has a wish list of items that includes a $1.1 billion increase in the amount of taxpayer funding toward the killing of innocent unborn children. This proposal includes the following longstanding appropriations provisionsContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Health (Department) is the first state in the nation to issue guidance stating that healthy children from ages 5 to 17 may not benefit from receiving the currently available COVID-19 vaccine. The Department recommends that children with underlying conditions are the best candidates for the COVID-19Continue Reading
The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County issued a rabies alert for the area surrounding E. Bank Drive, Tampa. This is in response to a cat that tested positive for rabies on 3/7/2022. The cat was a black domestic short hair stray cat. One person was confirmed to haveContinue Reading
In the temporary restraining order granted in the U. S. District Court of Florida in Tampa this week, federal Judge Steven Merryday acknowledged the Department of Defense’s unlawful discriminatory actions by allowing medical exemptions while denying religious exemptions. Judge Merryday granted a temporary restraining order for two service members pending a hearingContinue Reading
The risk of stroke among older adults diagnosed with COVID-19 was highest within the first three days of diagnosis, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2022, a world premier meeting for researchers and clinicians dedicated to the science of stroke and brain health toContinue Reading
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic of Restasis (cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion) 0.05% single-use vials (eye drops) to increase tear production in patients whose tear production is presumed to be suppressed due to ocular inflammation associated with keratoconjunctivitis sicca (commonly known as dry eye). Increased tearContinue Reading
On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reissued the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for Eli Lilly’s bamlanivimab-etesevimab (administered together) and Regeneron’s REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab) monoclonal antibody treatments, which states these treatments are not authorized for use in any U.S. state, territory, or jurisdiction at this time. FDAContinue Reading
While there is blowback towards LA Times writer Michael Hiltzik, the paper has not removed the story, but rather, change the title to soften the hatred and bigotry. UPDATED TO INCLUDE NEWS TALK CLIP Originally titled: “Why Shouldn’t We Danceon-the Graves of anti-vaxxers,” the column was re-titled to “Column: MockingContinue Reading
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took two actions this week to expand the use of the antiviral drug Veklury (remdesivir) to certain non-hospitalized adults and pediatric patients for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 disease. This provides another treatment option to reduce the risk of hospitalization in high-risk patients. Previously,Continue Reading
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) officers and agriculture specialists are often the nation’s last line of defense against illicit drugs and prohibited plants, pests and animal products. In Fiscal Year 2021 alone, CBP issued 73,917 emergency action notifications for restricted and prohibited plant and animal products entering the UnitedContinue Reading
Rabies, a virus typically spread by exposure to saliva from an infected animal, made a resurgence in the United States last year. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that five people from across the country passed away from rabies complications, marking the highest total in 10Continue Reading
With about 200,000 migrant farmworkers in Florida, UF/IFAS Extension and the UF College of Medicine will screen as many as possible for various health conditions and give them nutrition information to help improve access to much-needed health care. First stop, Wimauma. Then, they hope, the rest of Florida. As partContinue Reading
Even though clinical trials haven’t shown it works against COVID-19, doctors continue to prescribe ivermectin – and a new study suggests health insurers are heavily subsidizing the cost of those prescriptions. The study’s authors call for insurers to align their coverage of the drug with the level of medical evidence surroundingContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services reported earlier this week a 5-year-old horse from Volusia County was dually infected with Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) and West Nile virus (WNV). The gelding is alive. The horse suffered from depression, fever and incoordination. This is the 21st confirmed case ofContinue Reading
A new CDC study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID) shows that flu vaccination protected children against serious flu illness even when they were infected with a flu virus that was antigenically different from the vaccine virus. This reinforces the benefit of flu vaccination, even when circulating flu viruses have drifted and are differentContinue Reading
Galen College of Nursing and HCA Florida Healthcare, both part of HCA Healthcare, continued their mission to expand access to quality nursing education with today’s announcement of new campuses in Sarasota and Gainesville. With existing Florida campus locations in Tampa Bay and Miami, Galen, one of the largest educators ofContinue Reading
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Minneapolis – Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) report a trend that could have deadly effects and lead to another outbreak of disease in the form of bushmeat smuggled into the country. Since late December, CBP Agriculture Specialists at MSP have observedContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services reported the first cases of strangles of the year in horses in Polk and Hardee counties. Both cases were reported on private facilities in their respective counties. The highly contagious upper respiratory disease of equids, known as Strangles, is caused by theContinue Reading
Democratic Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is running against Ron DeSantis and reached out to supporters to fight against the “immoral” and “illegal” HR 5, anti-abortion bill which is in the Florida Senate. “When Roe v. Wade was decided almost 50 years ago, women in this country were guaranteed the right toContinue Reading
Scientists estimate that a one-year increase in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic will result in 8,000 additional deaths from alcohol-related liver disease, 18,700 cases of liver failure, and 1,000 cases of liver cancer by 2040. In the short term, alcohol consumption changes due to COVID-19 are expected to causeContinue Reading
During an interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), appeared unable to say just how many of the over 836,000 Americans whose deaths have been attributed to the coronavirus pandemic might have died “with COVID” rather thanContinue Reading
