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       This is the new rhythm of covid waves. Many people are getting sick – some feeling lousy – especially after returning from vacation and conferences. Most probably won’t even know it’s covid because the symptoms can be indistinguishable from a cold or other respiratory bug. Yet hospitals are no longer flooded with patients because immune systems are much better trained to fight the virus five years after it arrived.

     (Black PR Wire) MIAMI, FL – Community Health Centers are trusted sources of strength, dedicated service, and compassionate care in the neighborhoods they serve. The Jessie Trice Community Health System (JTCHS) is proud to join health centers nationwide in celebrating National Health Center Week (NHCW), August 3–9, 2025, under this year’s theme: “Celebrating 60 Years of Progress.”

Memorial Hospital Pembroke celebrated its 30th anniversary with a summertime barbecue that included recognition of nine employees that have been with the facility since Memorial Healthcare System began operating the former Pembroke Pines General Hospital in 1995.

   Inclusive Therapists is a mental health community that commits to and practices: advancing justice & equity for all intersectional identities; culturally affirming & responsive client care; centering the needs of marginalized, underserved populations; celebrating all identities and abilities in all bodies; decolonizing & destigmatizing mental healthcare; and dismantling systemic oppression & white supremacy in mental healthcare. On Instagram @inclusivetherapists.

     Handel recommends steering clear of open bodies of water, like the ocean, rivers and estuaries if you have cuts or scrapes.

Proposed budget cuts, Medicaid overhaul and delayed grants might threaten progress.

      Four people in Florida have died this year from the so-called “flesh-eating” bacterium found in warm, brackish seawater and undercooked seafood.

Broward Health North hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of a new 11,600-square-foot cardiac catheterization suite. This lab is a strategic expansion of the hospital’s cardiovascular service line that will strengthen community access to advanced electrophysiology (EP) care in northern Broward County.

        A team of Mayo Clinic researchers has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can detect surgical site infections (SSIs) with high accuracy from patient-submitted postoperative wound photos, potentially transforming how postoperative care is delivered.

       Walker’s turning point came during an appointment with his primary care physician, Archie McLean, M.D., with the Broward Health Physician Group. Dr. McLean referred him to Jason Walters, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at Broward Health. After an initial evaluation, Dr. Walters quickly connected him with Ryan Werntz, D.O., also a Broward Health orthopedic surgeon, who is renowned for tackling complex cases with technical expertise and compassionate care.