FDA to consider COVID-19 vaccine for young kids
Apr 29, 2022
Moderna submitted data to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday to get two low-dose shots of the COVID-19 vaccine approved for children younger than […]
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FDA to consider COVID-19 vaccine for young kids
Moderna submitted data to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday to get two low-dose shots of the COVID-19 vaccine approved for children younger than […]
Judge nixes public transportation mask mandate
Apr 19, 2022
U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said the federal rule requiring face coverings on airplanes, trains, and buses exceeded the authority of U.S. health officials. The rule […]
HCA offers new statewide online nurse consultation
Apr 17, 2022
HCA Florida Healthcare recently announced a new, free statewide Consult-A-Nurse® line available 24/7 that allows consumers to speak with nurses for advice and support. Consumers can […]
Blood donation entails more than needles
Apr 13, 2022
Blood donation requires multiple steps, checks and pieces of specialized equipment. Donors can probably guess some of the supplies—needles, centrifuges and snacks. Other equipment, like cookie […]
UF Vet offering free service dog screenings
Apr 10, 2022
The University of Florida’s Small Animal Hospital will offer free eye and heart screenings for service animals on May 20 as part of the American College […]
UF, Scripps Florida complete integration
Apr 2, 2022
UF Health and Scripps Research announced the completion of an integration more than eight months in the making. The transaction aims to “accelerate the pace of […]
BA.2 becomes dominant COVID-19 strain
Mar 29, 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that omicron subvariant BA.2 currently accounts for about 54.9 percent of coronavirus cases in the United States. Last week […]
Memorial Healthcare names Jimenez CEO finalist
Mar 25, 2022
UF Health CEO Ed Jimenez advanced to the final four in the Memorial Healthcare System’s search for a new CEO, according to a Memorial announcement this […]
UF researchers creating new AI medical chatbot
Mar 23, 2022
“Dr. Chatbot will see you now.” The next generation of super-smart computers, tablets and cell phones may come equipped with artificial intelligence-generated medical chatbots that can […]
Program brings free dental clinics to Gainesville
Mar 19, 2022
Ni’Ryana Ellison, 22, settled uneasily into the reclining chair and waited for what would happen next. “I’m not certain when I last went to the dentist,” […]
Public transportation mask mandate extended
Mar 11, 2022
The requirement to wear a mask on planes, buses, trains, and in transit facilities was set to expire on March 18, but a Centers for Disease […]
Lake City gains first direct primary care office
Mar 7, 2022
After years in a corporate setting, Sharma Atkinson-Staten opened her own primary care practice in Lake City on March 1. SharmaCare off of SW Main Boulevard follows […]
UF Health joins congenital heart disease study
Mar 6, 2022
Researchers at UF Health, the UF Health Congenital Heart Center and the OneFlorida+ Clinical Research Network have joined a national study to examine how gaps in […]
Therapy position emerges from Parkland tragedy
Mar 5, 2022
Malia Norris might not have prevented something as tragic as the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, four years ago, but it’s because of […]
UF expert says COVID-19 not going anywhere
Feb 26, 2022
If you donned your mask today and felt a primal urge to yell “When will this pandemic END-emic already?!” take heart. You are not alone. On […]
CDC lifts most mask recommendations
Feb 26, 2022
Healthy Americans in most places can safely ditch masks indoors, including in schools and low risk areas, according to new recommendations the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Alachua County syringe exchange waits for funds
Feb 22, 2022
Alachua County’s syringe exchange program currently waits for funding to begin implementation at local organizations like GRACE Marketplace, UF’s Mobile Outreach Clinic and Meridian Behavioral Health […]
Algae blooms prompt health alert for Newnans Lake
Feb 22, 2022
The Florida Department of Health in Alachua County declared a health alert at Newnans Lake after a water sample taken on Monday revealed algae blooms. A […]
Local hospitals see ‘dramatic’ COVID case decline
Feb 14, 2022
After plateauing the past two weeks, local COVID-positive hospitalization cases are finally declining. On Monday, UF Health Shands Hospital and North Florida Regional Medical Center reported […]
UF study looks at pregnancies, harmful drugs
Feb 10, 2022
In a review of more than 3 million pregnancies, University of Florida researchers found one in 16 women were exposed to harmful teratogenic drugs — medications […]
Report: Opioid fight needs new strategy, leadership
Feb 9, 2022
The Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking released a 70-page report this week calling for Cabinet-level government leadership to counter the opioid and overdose epidemic. The bipartisan panel, […]
Florida COVID-19 cases continue decline
Feb 4, 2022
Reported COVID-19 cases in Florida followed the national trend of declining this week. According to Florida Department of Health data released Friday, the state recorded 132,622 […]
DeSantis vows to fight feds on monoclonal shutdown
Jan 25, 2022
All monoclonal antibody sites in Florida are now closed after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration narrowed its emergency use authorization, eliminating treatments “unlikely to be […]
Local COVID hospitalizations rise despite case dip
Jan 24, 2022
While the rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations moderately increased by 9 percent since last week, Gainesville hospital officials still say the patient number hasn’t peaked. According to […]