Miami Heat Host Free COVID Vaccination Event At FTX Arena, Urge First Responders To Get A Shot

CBS Miami (Health) 9/16 6:05A Health – CBS Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami) The Miami Heat are helping to get more shots in arms in the battle against the spread of the coronavirus. On Thursday, they are holding a vaccination event at the FTX Arena s 601 event space for first responders and the general...

UM Research Debunks Nicki Minaj COVID Vaccine Infertility Conspiracy Theories

CBS Miami (Health) 9/15 5:44A Health – CBS Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami) Hey guys, important vaccine alert the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer will not cause your testicles to swell or cause male infertility. According to University of Miami Health System researchers, who performed the...

‘Sufficient Data To Say That This Is Safe’: Doctors Urging Pregnant Women To Get Vaccinated

CBS Miami (Health) 9/13 12:00P Health – CBS Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – As the delta variant surges nationwide, many hospitals are reporting increases in pregnant women admitted with COVID. Doctors are urging pregnant women to get vaccinated . According to the CDC, 75.7% of adults have received at...

County throws lifeline to hospitals drowning in Medicaid

MiamiTodayNews.com (Healthcare) 9/7 5:17P Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow

Miami-Dade County now has a Medicaid Hospital Directed Payment Program (DPP) to give local hospitals financial relief made necessary by unreimbursed Medicaid costs. The ordinance by Commissioner René García, unanimously approved Sept. 1, would...

New Study Shows Why Screen Time Battle Could Make A Difference That Lasts A Lifetime

CBS Miami (Health) 9/6 10:17A Health – CBS Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Parents often struggle to put limits on how much time their children spend on screens. A new study shows why that battle could make a difference that lasts a lifetime. Rachel Wall and her family live in London, where the kids...

Is Your Child Not Getting A Good Night’s Rest? American Heart Association Wants You To Know The...

CBS Miami (Health) 9/1 1:46P Health – CBS Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Sleep apnea is a condition we associate with adults. But the American Heart Association is warning the sleep disorder affects up to 6% of children and adolescents. The American Heart Association said the quality of a child s...

HHS Creating New Office Focused On Health Implications Of Climate Change

CBS Miami (Health) 8/30 11:35A Health – CBS Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Experts say global warming is impacting the health of all Americans. That climate change concern is why the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced it ll create an office focused the on health...

2 At Once? COVID Booster Lining Up With Flu Shot Season

CBS Miami (Health) 8/29 10:17A Health – CBS Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The CDC is recommending that people get a COVID-19 booster eight months after your second shot. For many people, that’s going to fall right in the middle of when they would also be receiving their flu vaccine. When the COVID...

New Study Shows People Who Workout At Night May Get More ‘Bang For Their Buck’

CBS Miami (Health) 8/25 12:10P Health – CBS Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami)  A new study in the journal Diabetologia finds people who exercise in the evening might be getting more bang for their buck. Wade Alexander is in the gym six times a week lifting, pressing, and squeezing in his exercise at night....

COVID-19 Cases Among Children Continue To Surge, Experts Warn It May Get Worse

CBS Miami (Health) 8/25 7:25A Health – CBS Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami/CNN) Last week, the number of COVID-19 cases in children in the US reached levels not seen since the winter surge. And with the return to school, the Delta variant on the rise and this winter approaching, health officials are...

Florida Hospital ICU Beds Fill As Delta Variant Spreads

CBS Miami (Health) 8/24 9:43A Health – CBS Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami) Staffing shortages continue to remain a concern for Florida hospitals, as nearly 94 percent of the state’s adult intensive-care unit beds are occupied. That s according to data posted Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Health and...

Disney To Require Vaccinations For Bahamas Cruises

CBS Miami (Health) 8/24 8:14A Health – CBS Miami

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) Disney Cruise Line on Tuesday joined other lines that dock in Florida in planning to require COVID-19 vaccinations for most passengers ages 12 or older traveling to the Bahamas. The announcement came after Bahamas Prime...

Who Is Eligible To Receive Monoclonal Antibodies To Treat COVID-19?

CBS Miami (Health) 8/24 7:08A Health – CBS Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami) A new monoclonal antibody treatment site is now open in Miami-Dade County, at Tropical Park in Southwest Miami-Dade. Another is open in Broward County at C.B. Smith Park in Pembroke Pines. As Gov. Ron DeSantis crisscrosses the...

Doctors, Expecting Broward Mother Stress Importance Of Pregnant Women Getting The COVID Vaccine

CBS Miami (Health) 8/24 7:06A Health – CBS Miami

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) An expecting mother is urging other women who are pregnant, or thinking about becoming pregnant, to get vaccinated against COVID-19. It s a concern as cases rise. Nationwide, health experts have seen a dramatic increase...

Miami Dade College To Host Pop Up COVID Vaccination Sites On Its Campuses

CBS Miami (Health) 8/24 2:17A Health – CBS Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami) Miami Dade College is hosting pop-up vaccination sites for the rest of the month and into September. The college is partnering with the county and the Department of Education and will offer vaccinations at all of its campuses....