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HCA Healthcare, Chippenham Hospital's owner, runs about 1 in every 20 trauma centers in the country, according to company disclosures.
In alleged health care ‘money grab,’ nation’s largest hospital chain cashes in on trauma centers
HCA charges patients an “activation fee” of up to $50,000 for trauma teams at centers located in half its 179 hospitals — and they often don’t need trauma care, an analysis of insurance claims data...
Florida added 12,157 coronavirus cases, 280 deaths in the past week
Florida's weekly coronavirus numbers.
On average, the Florida Department of Health reported about 1,737 infections and 40 deaths per day.
U.S. deaths from heart disease, diabetes climbed amid coronavirus
In this March 30, 2020 photo, a worker moves items at a Federal Medical Station for hospital surge capacity set up at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia. According to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early June, the U.S. saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other common killers in 2020. And experts believe a main reason may be that many people who suffered dangerous symptoms made the lethal mistake of staying away from the hospital for fear of catching the coronavirus.
Why was 2020 the deadliest year in U.S. history? The pandemic kept Americans suffering from other diseases away from hospitals, experts say.
Bayfront to build emergency room in northwest St. Petersburg
An architectural rendering of the proposed Bayfront Health St. Petersburg to build a “free-standing” emergency departments — they’re called that because they are not attached to traditional hospitals — at 1800 66th St. N. The four-story facility will include a 14,000 square-foot emergency room on the ground floor and space for future medical offices. It is scheduled to open in January 2023.
Bayfront Health St. Petersburg’s new facility could treat up to 20,000 patients a year. Officials hope it will open in January 2023.

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  1. Vaccine-hesitant states see cases rise instead of fall
    Yesterday• Health
    Workers at a mostly empty COVID-19 vaccination clinic located at Cathedral of the Cross A.O.H. Church of God in Birmingham, Ala., are shown in this Monday, May 3, 2021, file photo. New COVID-19 cases are declining across the most of the country, even in some states with vaccine-hesitant populations.
  2. Schools across U.S. brace for post-pandemic surge of kindergartners in fall
    Yesterday• Education
    A teacher has the attention of students from two kindergarten classes in August 2018 at Saint Dominic Academy in Lewiston, Maine. School districts across the United States are hiring additional teachers in anticipation of what will be one of the largest kindergarten classes ever.
  3. In alleged health care ‘money grab,’ nation’s largest hospital chain cashes in on trauma centers
    Yesterday• Health
    HCA Healthcare, Chippenham Hospital's owner, runs about 1 in every 20 trauma centers in the country, according to company disclosures.
  5. How controversy over a St. Petersburg pregnancy center derailed grants for small businesses
    Yesterday• Business
    St Petersburg Pregnancy Center, 1210 22nd St S, pictured on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.
  6. Florida added 12,157 coronavirus cases, 280 deaths in the past week
    Yesterday• Health
    Florida's weekly coronavirus numbers.
  7. J&J vaccine doses to be released, but many will be tossed
    Jun. 11• Latest News
    J&J, Moderna & Pfizer vaccines displayed. U.S. regulators are allowing the release of 10 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory, but many other doses can’t be used and must be thrown out.
  8. A new Alzheimer’s drug will soon be here. What does that mean for Florida?
    Jun. 11• Politics
    The Food And Drug Administration has approved the use of a drug to treat Alzheimer's disease.
  9. U.S. deaths from heart disease, diabetes climbed amid coronavirus
    Jun. 11• Health
    In this March 30, 2020 photo, a worker moves items at a Federal Medical Station for hospital surge capacity set up at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia. According to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early June, the U.S. saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other common killers in 2020. And experts believe a main reason may be that many people who suffered dangerous symptoms made the lethal mistake of staying away from the hospital for fear of catching the coronavirus.
  10. Medicare copays for new Alzheimer’s drug could reach $11,500
    Jun. 11• Health
    This image provided by Biogen on Monday, June 7, 2021 shows a vial and packaging for the drug Aduhelm.
  11. Focus in COVID-19 fight shifts to unvaccinated adolescents
    Jun. 10• Health
    The COVID-19 vaccine at the Center for Health Equity, 2333 34th St. S, on Monday, April 5, 2021 in St. Petersburg.
  12. Bayfront to build emergency room in northwest St. Petersburg
    Jun. 10• Health
    An architectural rendering of the proposed Bayfront Health St. Petersburg to build a “free-standing” emergency departments — they’re called that because they are not attached to traditional hospitals — at 1800 66th St. N. The four-story facility will include a 14,000 square-foot emergency room on the ground floor and space for future medical offices. It is scheduled to open in January 2023.
  13. Court blocks controversial pesticide used on Florida citrus
    Jun. 10• Politics
    Orange buds growing in a citrus grove in Florida. A panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia decided this week to overturn federal approval of the aldicarb pesticide in the production of Florida oranges and grapefruit.
  14. St. Petersburg leaders to go door-to-door to curb gun violence
    Jun. 9• St. Petersburg
    Matt Byrd, talks about a new initiative supported by St. Petersburg leaders who plan to go door-to-door to curb gun violence. The "Hidden Voices Project" will assemble a street team to bring resources like mental health support and job programs to those impacted by the recent surge in violence. The project is a collaboration between the city of St. Petersburg's Urban Affairs department and People Empowering & Restoring Communities, or PERC, a nonprofit aimed at supporting ex-offenders with education and resources.
  15. Why aren’t all the dressing rooms open?
    Jun. 9• Opinion
    Is it time to slip into these pants once more?
  16. US increasingly unlikely to meet Biden’s July 4 vax goal
    Jun. 8• Health
    President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House on May 10, 2021, in Washington, D.C.. About 16 million unvaccinated adults need to receive at least one dose in the next four weeks for Biden to meet his goal.
  17. Pasco schools, health department will offer vaccines to children 12 and older
    Jun. 8• Education
    Syringes filled with doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are administered last week in Washington state. Pasco County schools are offering doses of the Pfizer vaccine to kids 12 and older this summer at six high schools.
  18. FDA approves much-debated Alzheimer’s drug panned by experts
    Jun. 7• Health
    In this 2019 photo provided by Biogen, a researcher works on the development of the medication aducanumab in Cambridge, Mass. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration approved aducanumab, the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, disregarding warnings from independent advisers.
  19. Chef Molly Yeh’s lockdown life full of recipes, baby firsts
    Jun. 7• Cooking
    Food blogger and cookbook author Molly Yeh attends the Chef's Afterparty in Miami Beach, Fla, on May 22 during the South Beach Wine and Food Festival.
  20. Another COVID side effect: Many kids head to summer school
    Jun. 6• Health
    Aja Purnell-Mitchell, second from left, gets help at a Durham, N.C., food hub from her three children, Cartier, 14, left; Kyra, 15, and Kyla, 13. Summer school will be the first time the children have been in the classroom since the coronavirus outbreak took hold in spring 2020.
  21. Many long-haul COVID-19 patients report improvement after vaccination, surprising experts
    Jun. 6• Health
    Needles loaded with saline solution are ready to be loaded with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s TGT vaccination site, 755 E Waters Ave, in Tampa.
  22. Royal Caribbean won’t require U.S. cruise passengers to get vaccinated
    Jun. 5• Business
    Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas is docked at PortMiami on Jan. 20.
  23. GOP revives Fauci attacks after email trove released
    Jun. 5• News
    Since the release of a trove of his emails obtained by news outlets, Republicans have sharply escalated their attacks on Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top government infectious diseases expert.
  24. COVID-19 is ravaging India and Nepal. These Tampa Bay nurses want to go.
    Jun. 5• Health
    Travel nurses Jennifer Evans, of Bradenton, left, and Alexandra Chang, of Tampa, pose for a portrait in Tampa. After working the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in hospitals in New York, Evans and Chang joined a group of nurses making efforts to travel to Nepal and India to help hospitals overburdened with a coronavirus outbreak there.
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