The Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine held a joint meeting last week to revise language and remove an exception that allowed children in clinical trials and studies at state universities to participate in chemical and genital mutilation. Last October, the Florida Board of Medicine Legislative Committee approved aContinue Reading
The City of Columbus Public health Department reports since the beginning of November, 73 confirmed measles cases have been recorded in Central Ohio through December 12. Of the total, 67 cases were unvaccinated (91%), while four cases were partially vaccinated (1 dose of the MMR vaccine) and two cases haveContinue Reading
And so it continues… Portland-area physicians are joining state health officials in urging the public to wear masks indoors in light surging respiratory cases, they say are overwhelming Oregon hospitals. Cases of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, are surging in Oregon, forcing hospitals into crisis mode as theyContinue Reading
The Epidemiology Bureau of the Philippines Department of Health has reported an increase in leptospirosis cases and deaths in 2022. From January 1 through November 12, 3,234 cumulative leptospirosis cases were reported in the country, a 84 percent increase for the same period in 2021 (1,754). The death toll dueContinue Reading
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
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
Last week, Senate Democrats objected to U.S. Senator Rand Paul’s amendment to the CHIPS-Plus Act that would permanently ban all U.S. funding of gain-of-function research in China. In the rush to pass this newly emerged legislation, some of the provisions the Senate previously agreed to in the original CHIPS bill wereContinue Reading
An international team of 18 researchers, including Kristian Anderson, Ph.D., from the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, have determined that the earliest cases of COVID-19 in humans arose at a wholesale fish market in Wuhan China in December 2019 in a new study published in Science-entitled The Huanan SeafoodContinue Reading
A shooting at the Areté, Loyola Heights campus of the Ateneo de Manila University on July 24 has left three people dead and two injured. The National Capital Region Police Office says the dead include Rosita Furigay, former mayor of Lamitan City in Basilan province; Victor George Capistrano, the executiveContinue Reading
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 today that a long-standing New York concealed carry law violated the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the High Court heard arguments over the law’s requirement to demonstrate a “proper cause” for obtaining a license to carryContinue Reading
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the reestablishment of the Florida State Guard and introduced the new director of this emergency-focused civilian volunteer force, retired Marine Corps. Lieutenant Colonel Chris Graham. By bringing back the Florida State Guard, Florida now joins 22 other states and territories with state-level defense forces, andContinue Reading
Gold miner Dave Turin returns for an all-new season of GOLD RUSH: DAVE TURIN’S LOST MINE on Friday, May 20 at 9PM ET/PT on Discovery Channel and discovery+, the definitive non-fiction, real life subscription streaming service. In the season premiere of GOLD RUSH: DAVE TURIN’S LOST MINE, audiences learn that after failing in six states duringContinue Reading
Florida’s premier and fastest-growing provider of superior and convenient healthcare services, MD Now Urgent Care, is opening its third state-of-the-art clinic of 2022. The newest clinic in Brandon is the first clinic to open in Hillsborough County and will serve the surrounding communities. Providing a variety of urgent healthcare services,Continue Reading
The Florida Chamber of Commerce announced Friday that it has endorsed Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis in his re-election bid to remain Florida’s Chief Financial Officer. “The Florida Chamber of Commerce endorses Jimmy Patronis to continue serving as Florida’s Chief Financial Officer. Jimmy fought side by side with the FloridaContinue Reading
The most recent poll of 500 Floridians by the Saint Leo University Polling Institute (polls.saintleo.edu) shows that more than half of respondents (58.8 percent) say they approve of the job Governor Ron DeSantis is doing, a slight increase from polling in the fall when 56.4 percent said he was doingContinue Reading
Federal Judge Steven Merryday granted a preliminary injunction yesterday in Navy SEAL 1 v. Austin for a United States Marine Corps Captain who faced punishment after the military rejected his appeal from a denial for a religious accommodation from the shot mandate. The preliminary injunction enjoins the Department of Defense (DOD) and the respectiveContinue Reading
John Cooper, lead-singer/bassist for the 12x-platinum and GRAMMY-nominated rock band SKILLET, will join FOX & Friends this Sunday, April 24, for a special broadcast live from the Talladega Super Speedway during NASCAR’s GEICO 500 Race. Now a best-selling author and podcaster as well, Cooper will also lead the Motor Racing Outreach (MRO) Chapel Service for drivers thatContinue 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
When White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked about the new Spotify warning to be added to the platform which will link to a virus information page, she let it known how she and the administration feel: “This disclaimer is a positive step, but we want every platform toContinue Reading
