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       While herpes is often associated only with cold sores or genital outbreaks, few realize that it can, in rare but serious cases, affect the eyes and even lead to vision loss. Mel B’s experience shines a light on a lesser-known aspect of the virus, underscoring why understanding its risks—and how to protect yourself—is more important than ever.

   Every few months, a new report drops like clockwork—telling us that Black women are three to four times more likely to die in childbirth than white women. And frankly, many of us are tired of hearing about our own deaths as if they’re a data point, not a crisis.

       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.