Health experts weigh in on expansion of COVID vaccines to children
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WILTON MANORS, Fla. – Amid the expansion of COVID-19 vaccinations to teenagers this week, researchers are already exploring the potential use and benefits to children of all ages.
“The Pfizer and Moderna trials are already looking at kids down to 12 years old and some of that preliminary data already shows some efficacy, some effectiveness and the drug companies are already pushing the needle all the way down to as low as six months,” said Dr. Joshua Lenchus, Chief Medical Officer of Broward Health Medical Center.
Lenchus said time will tell if vaccinating children will allow schools to fully reopen.
A year after murder, relatives of slain father of 4 want shooters caught
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A father of four died a year ago on Thursday in Broward County and detectives had yet to find the gunmen who fled in a silver Toyota Tacoma.
Caleb Fields, 40, was shot in the 800 block of Northwest 22nd Road in Fort Lauderdale. He died at the Broward Health Medical Center.
Fort Lauderdale police said two men who fatally shot another man in April fled the scene in a silver, older-model Toyota Tacoma. (Fort Lauderdale Police Department)
During a vigil to mark the painful anniversary, Shatonya Webb, the mother of his children, said through tears that she misses him every day.
Can you ‘double up’ with different COVID-19 vaccines?
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – While France’s Health Authority is now supporting the mixing and matching of COVID-19 vaccines for people under the age of 55, medical experts in the United States are addressing an emerging question: could doubling up on vaccines boost the body’s ability to fight the virus?
“I don’t know that science would support adding another dose of another vaccine, and I think that with the supply we have it’s more important to vaccinate as many people as we can with one vaccine rather than doubling up on vaccines,” said Dr. Joshua Lenchus of Broward Health Medical Center.
Broward Health Medical Center First in Florida to Adopt Robotic Ablation Technology to Treat Arrhythmias
The Stereotaxis Genesis Robotic Magnetic Navigation system.
April 7, 2021 Stereotaxis announced that Broward Health Medical Center is establishing a robotic electrophysiology (EP) program to expand access to advanced minimally-invasive treatment of heart rhythm disorders in Florida. Broward will be the only hospital in South Florida offering robotic technology to treat patients suffering from arrhythmias and is the first in Florida, and among the first in the nation, to adopt the latest Genesis Robotic Magnetic Navigation system.
“The adoption of this advanced robotic technology further reinforces the commitment Broward Health Medical Center has toward providing high quality cardiac care for patients suffering from all types of arrhythmias,” said Ahmed Osman, M.D., medical director of the cardiac electrophysiology lab. “This technology helps enhance the reach, precision
Girl, teenage boy remain hospitalized after block party shooting
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A 6-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy remained hospitalized on Tuesday, as detectives continued their search for the shooters who recently targeted a crowd during a block party in Fort Lauderdale. A man was also injured, but doctors released him, police said.
A shooter’s bullet hit the girl’s arm and ruptured a major artery on Sunday night, a relative said. Detectives believe several shooters fired more than 50 rounds from semi-automatic rifles and handguns.
“People shot! People and kids! A lot of shots going on,” a man said during a 911 call.