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Hurricane Irma caused over 400 senior deaths in Florida, study says

October 13, 2020

TAMPA, Fla. – The aftereffects of 2017’s Hurricane Irma appear to have killed more than 400 senior residents of Florida nursing homes, a new university study shows.

Researchers at the University of South Florida and Brown University concluded that 433 additional patients died within 90 days of the September 2017 storm, compared to the same period in 2015, when there were no hurricanes.

Their study examined health data for 62,000 patients at 640 Florida nursing homes obtained from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The study was recently released.

HURRICANE DELTA’S DEATH TOLL AT 4 AS LOUISIANA OFFICIALS STRESS GENERATOR SAFETY AFTER DEADLY FIRE

The study was prompted by the heat-related deaths of 12 residents at a Broward County nursing home. Authorities said those deaths were caused when the storm disabled the central air conditioning and the staff failed to move patients to

Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute Opens New Location In Lake Worth

October 13, 2020

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FCS Chief Marketing & Sales Officer Shelly Glenn; Medical Assistant Lucille Johnson; Medical Oncologist/Hematologist Shaachi Gupta, MD, MPH; FCS Chief Executive Officer Nathan Walcker; Medical Oncologist/Hematologist Napoleon Santos, DO; Office Manager Anna Gallardo; Medical Oncologist/Hematologist Howard M. Goodman, MD; Regional Director Laura Greene; Medical Oncologist/Hematologist Shachar Peles, MD; Medical Assistant Ashlee Owens; Michele Innocent, APRN; Medical Assistant Paola Council; Medical Oncologist/Hematologist Elizabeth Byron, MD; Kelsey Hagan, PA-C; Regional Physician Liaison Manager Rebecca Appelbaum

Chief Executive Officer Nathan Walcker; President & Managing Physician Lucio Gordan, MD, Medical Oncologist Shachar Peles, MD — Chief Executive Officer Nathan

Hours before Trump campaigns in Florida, Fauci cautions against holding rallies, saying it is ‘asking for trouble.’

October 12, 2020

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Hours before President Trump was set to return to the campaign trail in Florida on Monday, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, warned that holding large rallies was “asking for trouble” with cases of the coronavirus surging in many states.

Dr. Fauci, in an interview with CNN, said that Americans needed to be more cautious in the fall and winter months, and warned that rising rates of infections in a number of states suggested Americans should be “doubling down” on precautions rather than casting them aside.

“We know that that is asking for trouble when you do that,” Dr. Fauci said of Mr. Trump’s decision to begin a full schedule of campaign rallies. “We’ve seen that when you have situations of congregate settings where there are a lot of people without masks, the data speak for themselves. It happens. And now is even more so

Florida reports 1,533 new COVID-19 cases, after weekend of cleaning data

October 12, 2020

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida’s Department of Health on Monday reported 1,533 new cases of COVID-19 and 48 additional deaths after a weekend of cleaning the data.

Monday’s number represents a drop-off in deaths and new cases. Florida had been averaging about 2,400 cases and 90 deaths per day on the state reports.

The newly reported data comes after Florida health officials announced Saturday they were delaying the release of the coronavirus report because a laboratory on Friday night dumped about 400,000 test results that had previously been submitted. The data dump damaged the ability to accurately process the state’s much-watched pandemic data.

Initially, officials blamed the problem on a private company called Helix Laboratory, saying it would take time to “de-duplicate” the results. On Sunday, health officials re-reported Friday’s numbers along with Saturday’s numbers.

But Monday, the Florida Department of Health changed its previous explanation and said the private

Florida Gov. DeSantis explains his handling of coronavirus: ‘We wanted society to function’

October 11, 2020

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“You can’t kneecap your own society and think you’re going to successfully handle a pandemic,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told Fox News’ “Life, Liberty & Levin” in an interview airing Sunday night.

The Republican DeSantis has been harshly criticized by the mainstream media for his handling of COVID-19. The governor declined to issue a statewide face mask mandate and lifted restrictions on bars and movie theaters in early June. Last month, DeSantis lifted all state capacity restrictions on bars and restaurants.

“What we did, Mark, was really three things,” DeSantis told host Mark Levin. “One is protect those who are the most vulnerable to the disease, which is our elderly population, and focus that protection there rather than trying to suppress society as a whole. Second thing is, we want to make sure that our hospital system had what they needed in terms of PPE, medication, testing, and we were

Florida won’t report Saturday’s COVID-19 numbers, deaths

October 11, 2020

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For the first time in seven months, Florida officials on Saturday did not release the number of confirmed cases or deaths from COVID-19.

Officials blame an influx of test results Florida received from a private laboratory that is not affiliated with the state, according to a statement from Fred Piccolo, a spokesman for Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The state’s daily update had been released consistently since the onset of the pandemic in Florida. It included case numbers, death totals and hospitalizations for all 67 counties. The daily report will begin again on Sunday, according to Piccolo, and will also include data that was originally supposed to be released Saturday.

Related: Florida adds 2,908 coronavirus cases, 118 deaths Friday

Piccolo said that Florida’s Department of Health needs to “de-duplicate” around 400,000 previously-reported COVID-19 test results from Helix Laboratory. The “massive” amount of data from the laboratory prevented Florida’s automatic reporting system from

Florida Department of Health dashboard fails to update COVID cases

October 10, 2020

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The Florida Department of Health did not update its daily coronavirus dashboard Saturday, Oct. 10.

On Friday, Florida announced 118 new coronavirus deaths statewide, including four in Volusia County, bringing the state’s total number of deaths to 15,186.

Florida has also reported a total of 186 non-resident coronavirus deaths. Those numbers are not included in the state’s daily update.

The lack of information follows an email Gannett papers in Florida sent to the DOH Friday morning requesting an explanation regarding the discrepancies between the county-by-county report and the daily dashboard.

Additionally, the state report’s daily positivity rate has recently shown discrepancies. Yesterday’s report listed a daily positivity rate of 4.57% for Wednesday, but Friday’s report shows Wednesday’s positivity rate as 6.27%.

The state Department of Health announced 2,908 new Florida cases on Friday, bringing the total statewide to 728,921.

Of those cases,

Northeast Florida sees most positive COVID-19 cases of any week

October 10, 2020

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Northeast Florida recorded the most deaths in the past week of any seven-day period of the pandemic, health department data shows.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla — Even as Northeast Florida’s number of new cases continued a decline, now averaging fewer cases each week than it has since March, the region continues to set records for new deaths, according to Thursday’s health department report.

Northeast Florida recorded the most deaths in the past week of any seven-day period of the coronavirus pandemic, even as the spread of the virus has continued to decline in the region, according to the health department’s data.

Even as Northeast Florida’s number of new cases continued a decline, now averaging fewer cases each week than it has since March, the region continues to set records for new deaths, according to Thursday’s health department report.

Northeast Florida recorded the most deaths in the past week of any seven-day period

2020 Daily Trail Markers: Trump plans to head back to campaign trail with Monday rally in Florida

October 10, 2020

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President Trump is headed to Sanford, Florida, on Monday for his first in-person campaign rally since contracting COVID-19. The president is slated to deliver remarks at an airport hangar at 7 p.m. ET, 12 days after he disclosed his COVID-19 diagnosis, CBS News campaign reporter Nicole Sganga reports. Mr. Trump also plans to address an outdoor crowd from the South Lawn balcony of the White House on Saturday. He’s expected to make remarks on “law and order” in conjunction with an event that was already slated to take place with the conservative group Blexit, a White House official confirmed. Trump supporter and activist Candace Owens leads the group, according to CBS News White House producer Fin Gomez.

Mr. Trump and his physicians have so far not answered when he last tested negative for COVID-19 and have not said if he’s tested negative yet. White House communications director Alyssa Farah

Trump suggests he may hold weekend rallies in Florida, Pennsylvania after receiving green light from doctor

October 9, 2020

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President Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity in an exclusive interview Thursday that his campaign is trying to make last-minute arrangements for holding weekend rallies in Florida and Pennsylvania after White House physician Dr. Sean Conley cleared him for public engagements earlier in the day.

“I think I’m going to try doing a rally on Saturday night if we have enough time to put it together,” Trump said on “Hannity”.

WH DR: TRUMP CAN RETURN TO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS THIS WEEKEND

“We want to do a rally probably in Florida on Saturday night. I might come back and do one in Pennsylvania the following night,” he said, adding that “it’s incredible what’s going on. I feel so good.”

Dr. Conley sent out a memorandum Thursday evening stating that Trump will be able to return to public engagements this weekend, noting that Saturday will mark ten days since he was first diagnosed