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HCA Florida Lake City celebrates milestone 100th spine surgery, expanding facility for enhanced patient care
Officials at HCA Florida Lake City announced that the hospital recently performed its 100th spine surgery on Friday morning. The milestone surgery was carried out by Dr. John Stevenson, a ...
Electrofishing tracks fish population in Lullwater Lake study
Teams from Gemini Engineering and Sciences Inc. will be kayaking across Lullwater Lake this week, to assess its ecosystem and health. Panama City Beach received a ...
Clean bills of health: Which Central Florida restaurants had perfect inspections in January?
After 2,001 restaurant inspections across Central Florida in January, only 177 had no issues for the entire month, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation ...
The Palm Beach Post on MSN10d
Does Palm Beach County treat its drinking water with fluoride and will that change?
There is little appetite in Palm Beach County to stop treating water with fluoride, even if Florida Surgeon General Joseph ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN11d
How Cleaning Up Harmful Algal Blooms Could Help Fight Climate Change
A company called BlueGreen Water Technologies aims to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while also fighting algae’s toxic effects on people and the environment ...
Doctors concerned about drop in childhood vaccination rates in Polk County and across Florida
Polk County’s level of immunization for kindergartners dropped from 96.3% in 2021 to 93.2% in 2023, still above the statewide ...
WESH23d
Orlando Health closes South Seminole Hospital, opens new location in Lake Mary
LAKE MARY HOSPITAL ... ORLANDO HEALTH IS BRAINSTORMING WITH THE CITY. WE’RE GOING TO REIMAGINE THAT SPACE. WE’LL ALWAYS AND STILL HAVE A EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PRESENCE THERE.
City-by-city: Does your municipality use fluoride to treat its drinking water?
Those cities and unincorporated areas that use and don't use fluoride to treat drinking water is fairly evenly split in Palm Beach County.
The Ledger7d
Bartow sets public workshop to reevaluate adding fluoride to water, with big-name panelists
Five cities in Polk County currently add fluoride to drinking water: Lakeland, Bartow, Auburndale, Haines City and Lake Alfred ... The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services currently ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers11d
Fluoride in drinking water? From Vero Beach to Fort Pierce to Hobe Sound, here’s what’s on tap
The truth about fluoride: Is it a cavity fighter or health foe ... Is there fluoride in Vero Beach, Florida, drinking water? Vero Beach is waiting for city staff to recommend whether to continue ...
WFTV24d
New Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital official ribbon-cutting ceremony
Molsberger is the senior vice president of Orlando Health North Florida ... Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital. The hospital includes features such as a full-service emergency department, six ...
Florida Today27d
Palm Bay City Council votes against resuming fluoridation of city's drinking water
Palm Bay reimbursed the Florida Department of Health for money it received for the project. As part of the Palm Bay City Council's vote against fluoridation, the council approved a plan to ...