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New Testing Sites Open as COVID Cases Soar in Miami-Dade
NBC 6’s Phil Prazan has the latest on how Miami-Dade County is handling the recent surge in COVID-19 cases.
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Florida Adds 29,000 COVID-19 Cases, Reports 2,700 Hospitalizations: CDC
Florida recorded over 29,000 new COVID-19 cases for Monday, and the state’s hospital association restarted its daily reporting of hospitalizations as infections of the omicron variant rise.
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Omicron Cases Surge in South Florida
NBC 6’s Phil Prazan has the latest on how South Florida is handling the surge in COVID-19 cases.
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Need for Nurses as Hospitals Struggle With Staffing Shortages
Health care workers have been hailed as heroes as they worked the frontlines caring for patients with COVID-19, but the supply of nurses isn’t keeping up with the demand.
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What to Watch as Florida COVID-19 Hospitalizations Reach Record Levels
Tuesday brought a record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations according to the Florida Hospital Association. 16,521 people are in Florida hospitals with the coronavirus, up 773 from the day before according to the organization. Doctors, nurses, and hospital administrators across Florida become increasingly concerned with the steady stream of unvaccinated patients brought in but the delta variant. About 8.2% of the…
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Concerns Loom Over COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Staffing
We know there is a concerning amount of people going to the hospital, but when do we start worrying about if hospital systems can handle the load? NBC 6’s Phil Prazan found out some key information
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Man Goes to ER, Billed Nearly $2,000 For Bottle of Eye Drops
A Davie man’s trip to the emergency room resulted in a hospital bill with a shocking item on it. He was charged nearly 50 times more for one prescription than he would have paid at the pharmacy. So, he called NBC 6 Responds.
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Florida Hospitals Say They Spent $1.5B in Charity Care
Florida hospitals paid for $1.5 billion in health costs for uninsured and underinsured patients last year.
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Florida Gov. Calls for More Regulation of Hospitals
In his latest dispute with Florida hospitals, Gov. Rick Scott on Monday called for additional regulations, including a requirement that they disclose more information about prices charged to patients.
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Gov. Rick Scott Orders Random Hospital Audits
Gov. Rick Scott is ordering state health officials to audit more than 100 hospitals as part of his ongoing battle with hospitals, which he says are driving up Medicaid costs.