The Florida Board of Medicine Legislative Committee approved a rule on Friday that would prohibit minors from receiving puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and mutilating surgery to remove healthy male or female organs. Minors currently taking puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones would be allowed to continue if they were part of an InstitutionalContinue Reading
People with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia are 2.5 times more likely than those without a psychotic disorder to eventually develop dementia, according to a review of evidence led by UCL researchers. The new systematic review and meta-analysis, published in Psychological Medicine, found that psychotic disorders may have a stronger linkContinue Reading
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that the Belgian state didn’t violate the rights of a person suffering from depression when it accepted her request to go ahead with a euthanasia procedure despite years of chronic depression. Judges ruled in favor of Belgium in three out of fourContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County (DOH-Hillsborough) advises residents and visitors that there has been an increase in mosquito-borne disease activity in northwestern Hillsborough County. Eastern Equine Encephalitis has been detected in two horses, heightening the risk of transmission to humans. Hillsborough County Mosquito Control and DOH-Hillsborough continueContinue Reading
The Trinity Love Hoblit Foundation announces that Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued a proclamation declaring September as Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month in the state of Florida. Compared to other conditions like cardiac arrest and stroke, most people have little awareness about the signs and symptoms of a brain aneurysm. JustContinue Reading
The World Health Organization says vaccines prevent 4 to 5 million deaths per year globally. In the US, some states are better than others when it comes to vaccinating. In a new WalletHub analysis of US states that vaccinate the most (and least), the state of Florida is hovering atContinue Reading
Researchers in the Netherlands have shown that restricting flights from countries where new COVID-19 variants were emerging did little to stop their spread, according to a study published today in eLife. As countries start to scale down their SARS-CoV-2 surveillance efforts, the results highlight the importance of continuing robust surveillanceContinue Reading
Continuing its expansion into the Orlando area, Florida’s premier urgent care services provider, MD Now Urgent Care, has opened its newest clinic in Altamonte Springs. This is MD Now’s second clinic in Seminole County and 65th clinic in Florida. MD Now is dedicated to providing convenient, superior healthcare services to communitiesContinue Reading
The rate that emerging wildlife diseases infect humans has steadily increased over the last three decades. Viruses, such as the global coronavirus pandemic and recent monkeypox outbreak, have heightened the urgent need for disease ecology tools to forecast when and where disease outbreaks are likely. A University of South Florida assistantContinue Reading
While governors from California (826 monkeypox cases), New York (1666 cases) and Illinois (547 cases) have all issued declarations of public health emergency due to the current monkeypox outbreak, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis came out against what these states are doing and it appears he will not follow suit. “IContinue Reading
In order to promote safe swimming, DOH-Charlotte & Charlotte County Parks & Recreation will be providing nose clips at no cost to the public. They will be available at the following locations: Port Charlotte Beach Recreational Center 4500 Harbor Blvd., Port Charlotte, FL Monday – Friday 9:00 am to 5:00Continue Reading
The Tampa Bay region consists of six counties: Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco and Pinellas. Through August 1, 37 monkeypox cases have been reported in the area–Pinellas County (20), Hillsborough County (16) and Pasco County (1). Statewide, the Florida Department of Health has reported 480 total cases, fifth most inContinue Reading
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 that a Georgia law banning abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected will now take effect. In 2019, Georgia enacted HB 481, known as the “Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act,” that will prohibit abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detectable in the womb,Continue Reading
A new op-ed published at The Guardian, titled “We’ve overexploited the planet, now we need to change if we’re to survive,” promotes the United Nations’ Biodiversity Conference and plans to reduce food waste by reducing or eliminating the means to grow food. Under the byline “Addressing the twin challenges ofContinue Reading
This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to JUUL Labs Inc. for all of their products currently marketed in the United States. As a result, the company must stop selling and distributing these products. In addition, those currently on the U.S. market must be removed, or riskContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County issued a rabies alert for the area surrounding Nobb Oak Ave. This is in response to cat that tested positive on 6/13/2022 (Description: Domestic Shorthaired Brown Tabby & White). All residents and visitors in Hillsborough County should be aware that rabies isContinue Reading
According to the CDC Wednesday, 84 total confirmed monkeypox/orthopoxvirus cases have been reported from 18 states and the District of Columbia. The State of Florida has accounted for nine confirmed or probable cases–four acquired in Florida, four acquired outside the country and one case is unknown. Of the nine cases,Continue Reading
In a follow-up on a report yesterday, the Florida Department of Health in Osceola County (DOH-Osceola) today advised residents there has been an increase in mosquito-borne disease activity in areas of Osceola County. Two cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in horses have been confirmed and there is a heightened concernContinue Reading
In a follow-up on the Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) situation in Florida this year, The Florida Department Agriculture and Consumer Services has reported three additional cases in Orange (1) and Osceola counties (2), bringing the state total to four. No human EEE cases have been reported to date in Florida.Continue Reading
Governor Ron DeSantis signed on Thursday the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 budget that will go into effect July 1, 2022. The Governor vetoed $3.1 billion, resulting in a total budget of $109.9 billion, an increase of $8.3 billion over current year. “We are grateful to the Governor and the Florida LegislatureContinue Reading
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are tracking multiple cases of monkeypox that have been reported in several countries that don’t normally report monkeypox, including the United States. The multi-country outbreak of monkeypox is ongoing since early May. As of 26 May 2022, the World Health OrganizationContinue Reading
