Joe Mario Pedersen

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Health Reporter at Central Florida Public Media

Orlando Health Reporter at Central Florida Public Media & comic book obsessive. (he/him/his) Send me your health tips! Or comic suggestions. I'm game for both😎

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DeSantis vetoes bill that would repeal Florida’s ‘free kill’ law

1 week ago | cfpublic.org | Joe Mario Pedersen

Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill that would have repealed Florida’s “free kill” law. Speaking in Fort Myers Thursday, the governor said the bill would not only open Florida to a flood of lawyers seeking big pay days, but it would also exacerbate Florida’s physician shortage.
Pediatric flu deaths remain high in Florida as child vaccination rates fall

1 week ago | wlrn.org | Joe Mario Pedersen

The latest flu season is over in Florida, with state data showing a high number of pediatric deaths and leaving some public health experts concerned for future seasons as vaccination rates fall. For the last two years, Florida's pediatric deaths have been high relative to recent years, with the 2023-2024 and the 2024-2025 seasons both seeing a state total of 20 deaths, according to the Florida Department of Health. This season, Florida's total made up 9% of the national pediatric deaths observed.
Pediatric flu deaths remain high in Florida as child vaccination rates fall

1 week ago | wuwf.org | Joe Mario Pedersen

The latest flu season is over in Florida, with state data showing a high number of pediatric deaths and leaving some public health experts concerned for future seasons as vaccination rates fall. For the last two years, Florida's pediatric deaths have been high relative to recent years, with the 2023-2024 and the 2024-2025 seasons both seeing a state total of 20 deaths, according to the Florida Department of Health. This season, Florida's total made up 9% of the national pediatric deaths observed.
Pediatric flu deaths remain high in Florida as child vaccination rates fall

1 week ago | cfpublic.org | Joe Mario Pedersen

The latest flu season is over in Florida, with state data showing a high number of pediatric deaths and leaving some public health experts concerned for future seasons as vaccination rates fall. For the last two years, Florida’s pediatric deaths have been high relative to recent years, with the 2023-2024 and the 2024-2025 seasons both seeing a state total of 20 deaths, according to the Florida Department of Health. This season, Florida’s total made up 9% of the national pediatric deaths observed.
AdventHealth to build $660 million ‘smart tower’ in Orlando campus

1 week ago | cfpublic.org | Joe Mario Pedersen

With Central Florida’s increasing population and growing physician shortage, AdventHealth is developing a new tower on its main campus to address those needs. The Central Florida Healthcare provider has a plan to address the upcoming healthcare demands and challenges that come with a growing population and physician shortage: by building a new 14-story patient and surgical tower on its main campus in Orlando.
Hard to breathe? Florida's drought might be why

1 month ago | wusf.org | Joe Mario Pedersen

Florida's drought conditions continue, causing potential problems for those with respiratory issues and other vulnerable populations. During a drought, particles in the air can irritate the bronchial passages and lungs, making chronic respiratory illnesses like asthma worse and risk of respiratory infections like bronchitis and bacterial pneumonia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "When you have drought, it's dry outside.
Hard to breathe? Florida’s drought might be why

1 month ago | cfpublic.org | Joe Mario Pedersen

Central Florida’s drought conditions continue, causing potential problems for those with respiratory issues and other vulnerable populations. During a drought, particles in the air can irritate the bronchial passages and lungs, making chronic respiratory illnesses like asthma worse and risk of respiratory infections like bronchitis and bacterial pneumonia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Shuttered Rockledge Hospital leaves community without its emergency department

1 month ago | wusf.org | Joe Mario Pedersen

Andrea Hardeman Brown remembers being 18 years old and getting her first hospital job at Rockledge Hospital. "It was large enough to be efficient for high-acuity patients, but it was small enough to still have the feel of a community hospital where everybody knew your name," Brown said. Brown, 43, now works as a clinical liaison for Kindred Hospital in Melbourne, though until recently her work brought her into Rockledge Hospital.
Shuttered Rockledge Hospital leaves community without its emergency department

1 month ago | health.wusf.usf.edu | Joe Mario Pedersen

Andrea Hardeman Brown remembers being 18 years old and getting her first hospital job at Rockledge Hospital. "It was large enough to be efficient for high-acuity patients, but it was small enough to still have the feel of a community hospital where everybody knew your name," Brown said. Brown, 43, now works as a clinical liaison for Kindred Hospital in Melbourne, though until recently her work brought her into Rockledge Hospital.
Shuttered Rockledge Hospital leaves community without its emergency department

1 month ago | cfpublic.org | Joe Mario Pedersen

Andrea Hardeman Brown remembers being 18 years old and getting her first hospital job at Rockledge Hospital. “It was large enough to be efficient for high acuity patients, but it was small enough to still have the feel of a community hospital where everybody knew your name,” Brown said. Brown, now 43, works as a clinical liaison for Kindred Hospital in Melbourne, though up until recently, her work brought her into Rockledge Hospital.

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Bears principal owner Virginia McCaskey has passed away at the age of 102, the team announced today. https://t.co/Sq9JO0AtjT

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13 Oct 24

RT @elonmusk: The tower has caught the rocket!! https://t.co/CPXsHJBdUh

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7 Oct 24

"Explosively intensifies" never seen that phrasing in a NHC update... And I don't want to see that in an NHC update

National Hurricane Center @NHC_Atlantic

Hurricane #Milton Advisory 10A: Milton Explosively Intensifies With 175-Mph Winds. Residents in Florida Are Urged to Follow the Advice of Local Officials. https://t.co/tW4KeGe9uJ