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For months, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has faced calls to implement a statewide mask mandate. Today, Dr. Howard Kessler, President of Physicians for Social Responsibility joined that call. Kessler says until there is a cure for COVID-19, practicing prevention is the best solution. He rejects the idea of herd immunity.
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Despite reports of ICU beds filling up in some hospitals, Governor Ron DeSantis says Florida’s Healthcare system is in good shape.
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House Speaker Richard Corcoran says he does not support a plan to finance the construction of a water reservoir South of Lake Okeechobee. Corcoran’s…
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The Department of Health has published its initial rules for implementing the medical marijuana initiative Amendment Two.Florida’s Office of Compassionate…
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Florida’s long-term care industry group says the state’s Medicaid Managed Care system isn’t quite working for it. And it wants long term care to be carved…
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Florida lawmakers are poised to take up healthcare access and affordability issues, and that includes reviving pieces of a failed state healthcare reform…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are granting a team of Florida researchers $10 million to research Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases.…
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Tallahassee cardiologist Ed Holifield is accusing Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare of artificially limiting the number Medicaid patients it serves. A small…
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When Florida lawmakers new and old arrive for the annual lawmaking session they’ll be faced with a $25 billion issue: Medicaid. The state’s health…
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The Zika virus outbreak is no longer an international emergency, according to the World Health Organization. But a Florida epidemiologist is stressing the…
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Nursing homes are gearing up to fight a plan that could result in what they say are widely varied Medicaid reimbursement rates. Its part of a legislative…
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Florida Supreme Court is weighing whether to reinstate a hold on the state’s 24 hour abortion wait law. The court heard arguments in the case Tuesday. The…