Month: February 2024

     It was a delight to sit amongst so many veterans, retirees and ROTC students from all military branches to honor their service at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8195’s Black History Program.

A House committee on Wednesday approved a controversial measure that would allow parents to file civil lawsuits seeking damages for the wrongful death of an “unborn child,” with critics of the bill saying it is too broad and could shrink the number of doctors who deliver babies in Florida.

A federal judge this week stood behind his rulings that Florida could challenge Biden administration immigration policies, after an appeals court ordered him to reconsider the issue.

     More than half of Black women 20 and older have heart disease. According to a recent report by the EH Project, they’re also 2.4 times more likely to develop heart disease than white women. The same report showed that, as of 2019, the age-adjusted death rate from heart disease was 165 per 100,000 in Black women compared to 129.6 per 100,000 in white women. Coronary artery disease, which restricts blood flow to the heart, is more common in Black women as well.

     The newly reported infections bring the total to eight, just days after Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo contradicted federal and medical professional guidance to contain the spread of the highly contagious and preventable disease that’s resurging globally and in the U.S. Florida is one of 11 states that have seen cases this year.