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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Grand jury probes Jackson Health

3/11/2010 © Miami Herald
A grand jury begins an investigation over the public health system's growing problems and fears of insolvency. Meanwhile, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez said he would help Jackson get a short-term loan but wants to see plans for an eventual recovery.

Orlando blood bank chief resigns

3/11/2010 © Orlando Sentinel
Anne Chinoda had been under scrutiny since reports surfaced she had accepted a $71,000 raise – increasing her annual salary to more than $605,000 annually – six weeks before deciding to lay off 42 employees.

Minister's wife dies after fast

3/11/2010 © The Ledger
Evelyn Boyd shut herself in her bedroom Feb. 7 and went on a religious water-only fast for more than three weeks. She had no contact with her family before her death, deputies said.

Anti-abortion spring break in FL

3/11/2010 © TCPalm
The Personhood FL anti-abortion organization is challenging the constitutionality of Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortions. How? By showing large signs of born, pre-born and aborted babies along Florida intersections.

911 bill passes legislative hurdle

3/11/2010 © Times/Herald
A bill that would restrict the release of 911 recordings except under a court order showing "good cause" passed its first hurdle on Wednesday, stacking a committee to ensure passage.

Researcher: Acreage cancer rate will ebb

3/11/2010 © Palm Beach Post
Dr. Paul Pitel, Nemours Florida's associate chief executive who identified the Palm Beach County neighborhood's cancer cluster, doesn't see it as a trend and predicts a more normal rate eventually. "They come, they go," he said.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

New kind of plan for state workers?

Officials say judge too lenient on drug counterfeiter

Snail drink makes worshipers sick

Senate bill would bring FL $1B

Jackson running out of supplies

FL lags in Census-based aid

Trauma funding still in red-light bill

Shooting victim out of coma

Grayson files Medicare buy-in bill

Miamian to head drug giant Teva

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

AHCA proposes tax on HMOs

Premiums $3,000/mo.? It's legal

Hospitals to compete with HMOs

Medicaid savings linked to HMOs

Injured child's hand stitched to abdomen

Food stamp rolls exploding in FL

Mother arrested in extreme truancy

Some doctors won't take new Medicare patients

Hospital patient killed in strange incident

What happens to construction project?

Child forgotten in vehicle dies

Ways to save on state workers reviewed

Haitian patients meet cultural divide

Monday, March 8, 2010

CDC looking at outbreak on cruise ship

Couple accused of records theft -- again

Sunday, March 7, 2010

2 'safety-net' hospitals to close

Twin kingpins behind pain clinics

Anger greets Rep. Brown

Lawson accused of insurance conflict

New billable service overlooked

Friday, March 5, 2010

Doctor, patient split up over health politics

FL health lobbyists rake in $24M

Clinic doctors' average pay: $1M/year

Medicaid fraud not prosecuted, Sink says

Budget shortfall may reach $3.2 billion

Millions for Jackson Health is a myth

Haiti at risk for malaria

Thursday, March 4, 2010

It's too easy to open pill mills, drug chief says

Should FL believe new map?

Former HRS Sec. Coler dies

Video highlights of Obama's speech

Medical records up for auction?

Palm Beach pain clinics raided

Monkey may be too smart to capture

Mayor won't have power over Jackson

State: Acreage to get more tests

911 operator prevents suicide