After the Department of Veterans Affairs sent an email to all employees mandating that all its health care personnel receive the COVID-19 shots, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an absurd Memorandum Opinion (memo) that completely ignores the law. NOTE: FDA EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION FDA must ensure that recipients of the vaccineContinue Reading
In a statement released by the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics today: “Since children under 12 years of age are still not yet eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and the vaccine will most likely not be available for this age group until winter of 2021, mostContinue Reading
A fox that was being aggressive and trying to attack six barn cats, four horses, and two cows at a Polk City property has been confirmed to have been infected with rabies. The owner of the animals saw the fox snapping at her cats in her barn on July 21,Continue Reading
Hong Kong health officials on Friday reported a case of silver poisoning with a history of consumption of colloidal silver prescribed by a general practitioner. This has prompted them to appeal to the public not to consume orally or parenterally any product that contains colloidal silver and to seek medicalContinue Reading
In a follow-up on the Vibrio vulnificus situation in Florida this year, health authorities reported two additional cases and one more fatality due to the serious bacterial infection. Manatee County saw their second death due to Vibrio this year, bringing the state total to five deaths through July 23. InContinue Reading
Public Service Campaign with Music Icon Patti LaBelle Connects Floridians With Resources to Schedule Medical Appointments for Early Cancer Detection Millions of people delayed medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Local oncologists are participating in a new initiative encouraging Floridians to schedule potentially lifesaving cancer screenings. Led by two nationalContinue Reading
Health officials in Escambia County are urging residents to avoid contact with wild and stray animals to protect themselves from the risk of rabies exposure after an individual had contact with a bat while visiting Perdido Kids Park in Escambia County, Florida earlier this week. The individual has received aContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County is notifying the public of a Red Tide bloom along Pinellas coastal beaches. In a tweet earlier today, DOH-Pinellas says the Red Tide health alert issued earlier remains in effect. Health officials remind the public to stay away from affected areas if youContinue Reading
On Friday, Director of the Department of Health in Hillsborough County (DOH-Hillsborough), Dr. Douglas Holt said concerning the rise of COVID-19 cases–“By now we should have more people vaccinated and it’s very concerning that so many people have chosen to not get vaccinated. The vaccine is safe, effective and widelyContinue Reading
Tampa General Hospital announced Friday the opening of a new TGH Urgent Care powered by Fast Track in growing Hillsborough County suburb of Fish Hawk. “Tampa General Hospital continues to advance health care options in an innovative way in the Tampa Bay area,” said Tampa General Hospital Executive Vice PresidentContinue Reading
Health officials in Hillsborough County is notifying the public of red tide blooms within Tampa Bay with health alerts being issued for Picnic Island and Davis Islands beaches. Caution signs have been placed at Ben T. Davis and Cypress Point due to the presence of red tide in the TampaContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Health reported today the second Vibrio vulnificus case in Polk County this year. So far in 2021, Florida has reported 11 total cases, including 4 deaths. Cases were reported in Escambia (2), Lee (2), Santa Rosa (2), Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee and Polk (2) counties and deathsContinue Reading
On Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis highlighted a more than $12 million increase in Alzheimer’s and dementia funding, bringing the state’s total commitment to over $51 million for the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year, furthering his strong commitment to the advancement of research needed for this disease. Florida is the only state inContinue Reading
On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate) oral pellets to treat children 3 months to less than 12 years old with venous thromboembolism (a condition where blood clots form in the veins) directly after they have been treated with a blood thinner given by injectionContinue Reading
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) Animal Control has reported the first animal case of rabies in 2021 in a raccoon that was involved in a fight with a dog at Poyner Road in Polk City. The owner of a Tibetan terrier mix separated the two animals and killed theContinue Reading
Health officials in Alameda County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area, are now reporting out approximately 25 percent less COVID-19 deaths to reflect using the State’s death reporting definition. Aligning with the State’s definition will require Alameda County to report as COVID-19 deaths only those people who died asContinue Reading
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed House Bill 1500 which would ban abortions for a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, moving the measure to the state’s Health and Human Services Committee in the Senate. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf vowed to veto this bill and others, saying that is anyContinue Reading
A new study published by MedRxiv found that hydroxychloroquine and zinc treatments in patients increased COVID survival by almost three times, confirming some of the statements made by President Trump and many on social media, including now censored physicians. The study “looked at 255 COVID19 patients who required invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV)Continue Reading
A new study by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic published a pre-print (not peer-reviewed) paper in medRxiv that shows that individuals with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection do not get additional benefits from vaccination. Researchers also include vaccines can be safely prioritized to those who have not been infected before. Check outContinue Reading
On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Aduhelm (aducanumab) for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Aduhelm was approved using the accelerated approval pathway, the FDA noted, which can be used for a drug for a serious or life-threatening illness that provides a meaningful therapeutic advantage over existing treatments.Continue Reading
Louisiana legislators overwhelmingly passed “The Abortion Pill Reversal Disclosure Act,” requiring medical staff to inform women taking the abortion pill that the drug-induced effort to terminate a pregnancy could be reversed and the baby’s life saved. The legislation now goes to Governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat who opposes abortion andContinue Reading
