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
Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order last night declaring a statewide disaster emergency which allows unlicensed health care workers from other states and countries “to practice in New York State without civil or criminal penalty related to lack of licensure.” During a press conference Governor Hochul said, this executive order “allowsContinue Reading
The California Third District Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 that a 2017 state law requiring employees at long-term care facilities to use patients’ “preferred” pronouns violates First Amendment free speech rights. Taking Offense, an unincorporated association, filed the lawsuit challenging part of California’s Health and Safety Code that requires health facility employeesContinue Reading
Concentrix is excited to host a hiring event, Reach for the Stars, Launch Your Career with Concentrix, Wednesday, July 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Tampa Concentrix office is hiring 85 positions. The onsite event will take place at 6302 E M.L.K. Jr Blvd #200, Tampa, FL 33619. Interested applicants can get toContinue 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
United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Samuel Friedman (47, Pasco County) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to the plea agreement, Friedman owned andContinue Reading
United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Jonathan Michael Rouffe (47, Boca Raton) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to the plea agreement, in 2018,Continue Reading
The Department of Housing and Human Services finalized a regulation Friday ending Obamacare rules opening up abortion access and broadening sex to mean gender; therefore, transgender rights. Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act prohibits covered health programs or activities from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin,Continue Reading
Seattle protesters have taken over a a six-block autonomous zone made up of armed citizen patrols, called the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) with wooden barricades and armed checkpoints meant to keep out uniformed police officers. Above the precinct reads: “THIS SPACE IS NOW PROPERTY OF THE SEATTLE PEOPLE.” AContinue Reading
An Austin teen named Brad Levi Ayala has medical treatment after a police officer shot him in the head with a projectile during a protest, Texas police confirmed. Austin Police Chief Brian Manley told reporters on Monday that Ayala, 16, was injured during a protest over the weekend when the teenagerContinue Reading
The Hillsborough County commission voted on spending the $257 million received from the federal government in Cares Act coronavirus aid. Metropolitan Ministries, Feeding Tampa Bay and Career Source Tampa Bay top a list of wide-ranging assistance programs which will see money to help in the months ahead. Ron Barton, assistantContinue Reading
Tampa General Hospital is bringing world-class care to your door with Urgent Care at Home, powered by Fast Track. Now, patients can get the medical attention they need by simply calling 1-813-844-8888 and a medical provider will travel to their home for the consultation. “There’s no need to leave theContinue Reading
