The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Aug. 10 that 49,449 Americans died by suicide in 2022. The figure represents a 2.6% increase from the 48,183 suicides recorded in 2021, marking the highest tally ever documented, based on the CDC’s preliminary data.
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Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is driving the vast majority of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. but shows signs of declining, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Three Washington state doctors have been accused of improper COVID treatments. The charges range from unprofessional conduct and improper prescription of medicine to making false and misleading statements. Death has been the result. Now the Silent Majority Foundation based in Pasco has joined with Turner and three other doctors to file a lawsuit
Broward Health Imperial Point received Pathway to Excellence® redesignation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The hospital has held this designation since 2014 and was previously redesignated in 2018.
Broward Health Community Health Services is offering free immunizations and low-cost physical exams for uninsured children (ages 4 to 18) at two community health centers during its “Mobilize to Immunize” event.
When my niece was born in 1990, my sister was told that her daughter has the sickle cell trait, which was not a total surprise since it was known that she and the father had the trait as well as both of their parents.
Leprosy, officially called Hansen’s disease, is a rare type of bacterial infection that attacks the nerves and can cause swelling under the skin. The new research paper, published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, found that reported cases doubled in the Southeast over the last 10 years.
The Holy Cross Rehabilitation Institute, located near the Rio Vista neighborhood, offers a wide range of physical therapy specialties to treat a variety of conditions including post-operative and nonsurgical orthopedic conditions; sports medicine injuries; balance conditions and gait dysfunction; as well as vestibular and concussion rehab.
The founder and CEO of My Basket of Hope (MBOH), Doris Randall, will receive President Joe Biden’s “Presidential Honoree Award” on August 19, 2023 at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Boynton Beach, FL. She is being honored for her tireless work to support and help those with cancer. Once one hears the diagnosis, “cancer, ”Ms. Randall is ready, delivering baskets of hope and encouragement to patients and survivors.
The North Broward Hospital District (NBHD) Board of Commissioners, which jointly supervises Broward Health, unanimously elected its officers at the July board meeting. Christopher Pernicano was elected chair; Paul Tanner was elected vice chair and Jonathan Hage was elected secretary/treasurer. The board has additional commissioners, including immediate past chair Stacy Angier, Nancy Stamper, Ray Berry, and Levi Williams.