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Broward Health Coral Springs has recently been designated a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), providing around-the-clock high level acute care for newborns in need of advanced specialty services. The team of neonatologists and skilled nursing staff are now equipped with the expertise and technology to stabilize infants born before 30 weeks gestation until they are ready for discharge or transfer.

A proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed recreational use of marijuana fell short Tuesday.

Mallets shattered concrete blocks marking the “ceremonial groundbreaking” of the Holy Cross Health Free-Standing Emergency Department (FSED) in Deerfield Beach, only the second in Broward County.

The Public Works Department’s Mosquito Control Section will be spraying larvicide in areas of the Broward Municipal Services District (BMSD), Fort Lauderdale, Lauderdale Lakes, Lazy Lake, Lauderhill, Oakland Park, Tamarac and Wilton Manors from Aug 13 – 20, barring any unforeseen conditions and/or weather delays (see the attached map). Truck-mounted sprayers will apply larvicide between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. as a proactive measure to kill the larvae of the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, known to potentially spread diseases such as dengue, yellow fever, and chikungunya. The larvae of these mosquitoes can be found in small amounts of water such as in containers and water-holding plants like bromeliads and traveler’s palms that are common foliage used in landscaping. 

       Mosquitoes breed by laying eggs in or near standing water, and back-to-back hurricanes Milton and Helene left rivers flooded and standing water around west-central Florida.

Heart Gallery of Broward County is excited to announce the launch of “BBI’s Give With All Your Heart presented by Boies Schiller Flexner” (GWAYH) holiday campaign, running from November 1 to December 31. This two-month initiative, which coincides with National Adoption Month, encourages the South Florida community to support foster children by donating funds, dining at Sicilian Oven and Aquaplex Fort Lauderdale, enjoying spa services at Heavenly Spa by Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort or hosting private events. This initiative is being launched with lead support from BBI and presenting sponsor Boies Schiller Flexner plus a $40,000 fundraising match from The Moss Foundation.

        COVID-19 and influenza cases across Florida are expected to rise in November and doctors are urging people to get the new COVID booster shot and the flu vaccine as soon as possible.

       Milton, which made landfall in early October, close on the heels of the Category 5 Hurricane Helene, damaged many of the same Florida communities, primarily on or near the Gulf Coast. Mental health providers described patients who, barely scraping by financially before the storm, were now confronting cataclysmic damage from flooding or fallen trees. People without the money to evacuate, who’d ridden out dangerous hurricanes in mobile homes. And then, after Milton dissipated, an increase in nightmares, overwhelming anxiety symptoms, and other indicators of post-traumatic stress.

Three African American sisters — Nicole Gibbs, 30, and her twin sisters Caitlin and Courtney, 22 — all work at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Maryland, continuing a family tradition of serving in healthcare. The trio, who grew up together, have become a familiar sight to patients and staff at Luminis Health, often causing people to do double and triple takes. “People always say, ‘I thought it was you—what are you doing here on dayshift?’ We look so much alike,” Nicole shared.

       Former First Lady Michelle Obama urged men to stand up for abortion rights and protect women in their lives as she rallied for Kamala Harris in Michigan.