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TAMPA BAY TIMES: Toddler fights for his life at All Children’s, as advocates push for new infant health screening test

Toddler fights for his life at All Children’s, as advocates push for new infant health screening test By Irene Maher, Times Staff Writer In Print: Saturday, April 14, 2012 Kye Johnson, 1, spends time with his mother, Alethea Arthur, 20, on Friday at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg. [SCOTT KEELER | Times] ST. PETERSBURG […]

TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT: A new infant screening awaits Scott’s approval

A new infant screening awaits Scott’s approval Florida will likely heed the call of the nation’s top health care advocate and add a newborn screening for a primary immune-system disorder. Funding for the newborn screening of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, or SCID, is a part of the 2012-13 state budget that is now awaiting the signature […]

First Coast News: New Law Provides Expanded Access To Pneumonia And Shingles Vaccinations

New Law Provides Expanded Access To Pneumonia And Shingles Vaccinations TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — You will soon be able to head to your local pharmacy and get a vaccine for pneumonia or shingles under a new law in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott has signed legislation allowing pharmacists to administer those vaccines starting July 1. Pharmacists already have […]

Press Release: Coalition applauds Gov. Scott for signing Vaccine Access Act

Coalition applauds Gov. Scott for signing Vaccine Access Act Pharmacy Choice and Access Now (PCAN), a nationwide coalition of consumers, local businesses and pharmacists committed to preserving quality and affordable health care, today thanked Governor Rick Scott for signing the Vaccine Access Act into law late Friday. The new law allows Florida pharmacists to vaccinate adults against […]

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA: Scott Signs Vaccination Bill

SCOTT SIGNS VACCINATION, PUBLIC HOSPITAL BILLS By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Posting or forwarding this material without permission is prohibited. Contact news@newsserviceflorida.com THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, April 6, 2012……..Resolving two long-running debates, Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed bills that will give more vaccination powers to pharmacists and increase oversight of the sales […]

WTXL: “Rock By The Sea” 2012 Concert coming soon

“Rock By The Sea” 2012 Concert coming soon Join bands from across the nation for the 6th annual Rock By The Sea, a concert series raising money for charities fighting cancer and providing services to those in need. This four-day music festival will take place April 26 – 29, 2012 at Spinnaker Beach Club in […]

Florida Public Radio: Proposal for newborn screenings on governor’s desk

Listen: http://wfsu.drupal.publicbroadcasting.net/post/proposal-newborn-screenings-governors-desk#disqus_thread A state budget item that would allow newborns to get screened for a certain disease is now in Governor Rick Scott’s hands. As Sascha Cordner reports, if Scott does not veto the Health Care Budget item, proponents say it would give babies born without a normal immune system a chance at a normal […]

ICUF President Awarded Prestigious Fulbright Grant to Foster Educational Exchange with Taiwan

ICUF PRESIDENT AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS FULBRIGHT GRANT TO FOSTER EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE WITH TAIWAN ~ U.S. Dept. of State grant enables student, faculty and research exchange between U.S. and other countries ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL – Dr. Ed Moore, president of Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (ICUF), which represents Florida’s 29 not for profit colleges and universities, […]