Rachel Levine, MD, the transgender doctor who totally flubbed the COVID-19 response as the Pennsylvania Secretary of Health, has been nominated to be President Joe Biden’s Assistant Secretary for Health. While PA health secretary, Levine did a horrible job and was responsible for a large number of COVID-19 cases andContinue Reading
The Lakeland City Commission voted unanimously (7-0) this week on a resolution that adopted COVID-19 safety measures. Within the resolution language, the City Commission recommends and urges in the strongest possible terms that all citizens, businesses and organizations within the City of Lakeland observe the following safety measures to reduceContinue Reading
Former Chief Medical Officer of Health in Ontario, Dr. Richard Schabas sent a letter to premier of Ontario, Doug Ford earlier this week backing up a letter earlier from MPP Roman Baber requesting Ford to change course on COVID-19. The five point letter detailed problems with risk, ICU bed capacityContinue Reading
Data analysis is revealing a second sharp drop in the number of people admitted to hospital in England with acute heart failure or a heart attack. The decline began in October as the numbers of COVID-19 infections began to surge ahead of the second lockdown, which came into force inContinue Reading
A new Stanford University study of common COVID-19 responses in the United States and nine other nations concludes point to the failure of stay-at-home orders and business closures on the spread of the coronavirus. The study, titled ‘Assessing Mandatory Stay‐at‐Home and Business Closure Effects on the Spread of COVID‐19,’ wasContinue Reading
Germany expanding Covid quarantine rules, making global headlines, announcing detain people for breaching quarantine rules under the Disease Protection Act, which passed by the German Bundestag last March and renewed in November. To heighten the tension, a mutant strain of coronavirus. different to those originating in the UK, South Africa andContinue Reading
Making people stand in front of a scanner to have their body temperature read can result in a large number of false negatives, allowing people with Covid-19 to pass through airports and hospitals undetected. Leading experts in physiology have suggested instead that taking temperature readings of a person’s fingertip andContinue Reading
Hillsborough County’s state of local emergency enacted in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is extended through Jan. 21, according to county government officials. Hillsborough County Administrator Bonnie Wise on Wednesday signed an extension of the declaration under authority authorized by the County’s Emergency Management Ordinance and the Board ofContinue Reading
By Teddy Cambosa Over 15,000 Filipinos will join the vaccine trials organized by the World Health Organization, a Philippine official stated on January 6. “The Philippines and Colombia will be the first two countries to take part in the WHO solidarity vaccine trial,” Carlito Galvez, the National Task Force againstContinue Reading
About a week ago, the Florida Department of Health (DOH) reported the first UK COVID-19 variant in Martin County, making it the third state to confirm a case. Now after a week has past, that number has risen to 22. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported todayContinue Reading
On Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) and Florida Department of Health (FDOH) have partnered with Publix Supermarkets to establish COVID-19 vaccination sites. Governor DeSantis made this announcement at the first Publix vaccination site in Ocala. Through a partnership with FDEM and FDOH, Publix isContinue Reading
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced four new actions the state is taking to continue its proactive approach to increase vaccinations and reaffirmed his commitment of putting Florida’s Seniors first. The Governor made the announcement during visits to Orlando Health in Seminole County and Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. 1) ExpandingContinue Reading
The Florida Department of Health (DOH) say that through December 30, 211,165 total people have received the first vaccine dose. The breakdown by age is as follows: 16-24 years 6,047, 25-34 years 32,367, 35-44 years 38,525, 45-54 years 41,251, 55-64 years 42,557, 65-74 years 28,338, 75-84 years 13,266 and 85+ years 8,814 Dade County (26,150) and BrowardContinue Reading
Hillsborough County, in partnership with the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County, will begin vaccinating residents age 65 and older on Wednesday, Jan. 6. Hillsborough has allocated an initial 4,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to be distributed to front line health care workers and the vulnerable population ofContinue Reading
Florida has become the third state, after Colorado and California, to report the detection of a United Kingdom variant of COVID-19 in the US. According to a Florida Department of Health tweet yesterday: Florida has evidence of the first identified case of the UK COVID-19 variant in Martin County. TheContinue Reading
On Thursday, President Trump announced another step to protect the health of the American people by requiring air passengers arriving from the United Kingdom (U.K.) to test negative, via PCR or Antigen test, no more than 72 hours before departure from the U.K. to the United States. The public health authoritiesContinue Reading
At least 70 percent of Medicare-eligible seniors say they want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 “at the earliest opportunity” or soon after seeing others “safely benefiting”, according to an eight-city survey announced today by ChenMed, one of the nation’s leading primary care providers. More than 1,500 at-risk elderly in Cincinnati,Continue Reading
The unintended consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic mitigation efforts, like closing businesses, stay-at-home order and other forms of lockdowns, made by governments and public health officials are mounting. Earlier this week, new research by public health experts at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) demonstrated thatContinue Reading
Danish authorities reported the following Wednesday (computer translated): The infection with COVID-19 is increasing throughout the country. On the recommendation of the Task Force, including the health authorities, the government will introduce further national measures towards and over Christmas and New Year to reduce activity in society and reduce infection withContinue Reading
On Thursday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis provided an update on Florida’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan after returning from a Washington, D.C. meeting, which includes details on the state’s initial allocation of 179,400 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. “The federal government has allocated Florida 179,400 doses of the Pfizer vaccine forContinue Reading
USF Health and Tampa General Hospital have been selected as a site for a clinical trial testing the Novavax NVX-CoV2373 vaccine for COVID-19. They join over 100 research sites expecting to enroll more than 30,000 adult participants as part of the global search for a safe and effective vaccine toContinue Reading
