Florida state health officials reported 19 additional positive COVID-19 cases (14 Florida residents and 5 non-Florida residents) bringing the state total to 155. As of noon, of the 155 total Florida cases, there are currently 137 positive cases in Florida Residents and 18 positive cases in non-Florida residents. To date,Continue Reading
In an effort to mitigate exposure to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) CareerSource Tampa Bay (CSTB) will be limiting services and changing hours to its five Hillsborough County public locations effective 8 a.m. on Monday, March 16, 2020. CSTB will reduce hours for public services to the resource room and byContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Health, in an update today, is reporting 70 positive cases of COVID-19 in Florida residents. In addition, DOH has confirmed an individual who had previously tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The individual was a 77-year old male in Lee County. This is the 4th deathContinue Reading
Florida state health officials reported three new positive cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Wednesday. Details of the cases are as follows: A 63-year old male New York resident who is currently in St. Johns County has tested positive. He is isolated and will continue to remain isolated until clearedContinue Reading
On Tuesday, the Florida Department of Health has announced eight new positive cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Florida, including three in the Tampa Bay area: A 68-year old male in Nassau County has been identified as positive. This person is isolated and will continue to remain isolated until clearedContinue Reading
Florida state health officials have reported the second COVID-19 case in a Manatee County resident. The patient, a 81-year old female, has been identified as a presumptive positive. This person is isolated and will continue to remain isolated until cleared by public health officials. She has a history of recentContinue Reading
In a follow-up on the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in Florida, state health officials report two individuals have died. According to the Florida Department of Health, the deceased individuals include a previously announced COVID-19 patient in Santa Rosa County and a new individual in their seventies that tested presumptiveContinue Reading
Since the emergence of COVID-19 in Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis has remained in constant communication with State Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees, public health officials at the local, state and federal levels and executive agency leaders. On March 1, Governor DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-51 which directed Surgeon General Rivkees to declareContinue Reading
Coronavirus Yesterday, a $8.3 billion Coronavirus funding package was passed in the House of Representatives at a vote of 415-2. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) made the following statement concerning the passage of H.R. 6074: “Today I supported a strong, strategic funding package for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)Continue Reading
The Florida Department of Health has reported the first presumptive positive coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the state in Hillsborough County and Manatee County. The Hillsborough County case is an adult resident with a history of travel to Italy. This person is isolated and will continue to remain isolated untilContinue Reading
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor along with Hillsborough County Commissioner Les Miller addressed public concerns about COVID-19 (coronavirus) during a press conference recently. She stressed that there are no known cases of the illness in the State of Florida but that the City of Tampa will work with its public healthContinue Reading
Last week, State Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees provided members of the Senate Health Policy Committee with an update on the latest available information regarding COVID-19 along with an overview of the extensive preparedness efforts currently being led by the Florida Department of Health’s (Department) fully-integrated public health system. InContinue Reading
MD Now continues to expand high-quality healthcare in the Treasure Coast region, opening its sixth state-of-the-art urgent care clinic in St. Lucie County. MD Now is currently the largest urgent care operator in Florida, with more than 80 state-of-the-art clinics across the state. MD Now’s newest clinic on Tradition ParkwayContinue Reading
The people of Chicago, one of the most left cities in the country, wouldn’t reelect her for a second term as the Democratic mayor for being such a colossal failure, but one of the premiere universities in the world think she worthy to be a Senior Leadership Fellow at their SchoolContinue Reading
Last week, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced his conservative alternative to the Biden-McCarthy debt deal. This alternative was offered as an amendment to the so-called “Fiscal Responsibility Act” deal and would have replaced existing language with responsible reforms and necessary cuts. The Senate voted on Dr. Paul’s amendment duringContinue Reading
According to a new study conducted by the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry of the University of Turku and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, the amount of new psychiatric diagnoses by Finnish specialist services increased by nearly a fifth among children and adolescents in Finland after the firstContinue Reading
Officials with the Zamboanga City Health Office (CHO) report 524 total cases of dengue fever since the beginning of the year, including seven deaths. Health officials say most of the cases are in children under 10 years of age. Barangays (villages) recorded the most cases in the city include MercedesContinue Reading
A new poll conducted by the Saint Anselm College Survey Center (SACSC) at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) finds President Joe Biden facing weak support for re-election. Although his job approval has improved somewhat since the mid-term elections, he is still underwater at 45%-54%. This translates into a weak primary ballot, withContinue Reading
The H5N1 avian flu spread through 16 Latin American countries and the first case of mass mortality of mammals by this pathogen was registered in Peru. According to the National Forest and Wildlife Service (Serfor), more than 3,000 sea lions and 120,000 wild birds have died since November. Although avian influenza mainly affects domestic birds, the firstContinue Reading
“Tolerance” of the left and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in action: On Thursday, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan came to Stanford Law School upon invitation of the Stanford Federalist Society’s to speak on “Covid, Guns, and Twitter.” Of course, the monsters of tolerance at Stanford heckledContinue Reading
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health reports the number of abortions rose for the first time since 2008 and is back at the same level as before the pandemic, according to the new statistics from the Abortion Register. From 2021 to 2022, there was an increase in both self-determined andContinue Reading
