‘Reducing Falls’ event focuses on leading cause of death, injury among elderly
FYZICAL physical therapy organization partners with Touching Hearts for event.
Tags: Center for Disease Control and Prevention
‘Reducing Falls’ event focuses on leading cause of death, injury among elderly
FYZICAL physical therapy organization partners with Touching Hearts for event.
LifeSouth Community Blood Centers to honor Sickle Cell Awareness Month
Community encouraged to give donate throughout September.
LifeSouth offers free A1c diabetes-risk testing to blood donors through Aug. 31
Complimentary testing to check if donors have pre-diabetes or diabetes.
Stay on your feet: New device shows how to prevent a fall before it happens
Gainesville business provides device to help develop good posture.
U.S. flu cases hit record high
Flu cases hit highest mark in over decade.
US maternal mortality rate drops to lowest level in five years
US has one of highest maternal mortality rates of any developed, high-income country.
CDC reports marriages in 2022 matched pre-pandemic levels
More than 2 million marriages took place in U.S. in 2022.
UF keeps track of recent rise in bird flu across U.S.
Virus is widespread in wild birds with sporadic outbreaks in poultry operations.
UF researchers repurpose pesticide as antibiotic to kill deadly bacteria
CDC lists bacteria as risk to national safety.
FWC issues chronic wasting disease emergency order
Action stems from Holmes County deer found with disease.
COVID continues to saturate Florida
64 of state’s 67 counties now listed on CDC’s “high risk” list.