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Florida Health Officials Give Warning On Deadly Flesh Eating Bacteria. Who, What, and Why?
News sources this weekend are reporting that 26 cases of Vibrio vulnificus have been reported reported across Florida. Following the death of 59-year-old Henry Konietzky of Palm Coast, county health officials are issuing warnings. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: What is Vibrio vulnificus? Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium in the same…
100 Posts At Florida Politic!
The Florida Politic blog has reached 100 posts! I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the followers of this blog and to provide a vision going forward. I started doing the blog as a hobby. Regular readers know that most of the posts are original material and some are cross-posts from other sources. I…
Health News Florida Roundup Of Affordable Care Act – Part 2
FL Navigator Law Has Gap Most of the enrollment advisors who will be available to help Florida’s uninsured enroll in a health plan through the federal Marketplace will apparently not be covered by Florida’s licensure law. That’s because they fall into a different category, “Certified Application Counselors,” or CACs. This job classification — calling for…
Federal wildlife officials to test new trap to catch Florida pythons
[The Guardian] Federal wildlife officials alarmed by an infestation of Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades have tried radio tracking collars, a massive public hunt and even snake-sniffing dogs to control the invasive species. Now there’s talk of snaring the elusive pythons in specially designed traps. The US Department of Agriculture received a patent in…
Watery Foundation Doubts Surface Water Supply Stress Study
[Watery Foundation. September 25, 2013]: Florida is a place with low “water supply stress”? An ambitious new study tries to score the “surface water supply stress” for the whole country and does not find much water stress for Florida. Even though Florida is not as bad off as portions of the arid West, it still…
The Springs Are Running In White Springs
[Suwannee Democrat, Joyce Marie Taylor, September 26, 2013] Jasper — There’s something in the air in White Springs and it’s not the fragrance of blossoming flowers or trees. It’s a pungent odor of sulphur that is unmistakable, although, it is also a welcome sign that water conditions for North Florida could be improving. White Sulphur…
Florida Supreme Court Approves Water and Land Conservation Amendment
[Florida Conservation Coalition, September 26, 2013] TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The campaign to place the Water and Land Conservation constitutional amendment onto the November 2014 ballot cleared a major hurdle today when the Florida Supreme Court agreed that it satisfies legal requirements for placement on the ballot. The Water and Land Conservation amendment is the first…
Senators urge more spending on springs while environmentalists hold out hope for 2014 session
[The Florida Current, Bruce Ritchie, 09/25/2013] Senators on a budget-writing subcommittee on Wednesday urged their chairman to funnel more money towards springs protection and restoration during the 2014 legislative session. Scientists say Florida’s springs are becoming choked with algae because of nitrogen in groundwater from a variety of sources. Springs also face threats from overpumping,…
Lake Okeechobee a disaster waiting to happen
[Ron Cunningham writes in a special to the Ocala Star Banner published September 22, 2013] “Always there was the lake. It gave those who settled around it water for their homes and … fish for their tables … Shaped like a giant frying pan, only 20 feet deep at the most, it appeared generous and…
Health News Florida Roundup Of Affordable Care Act – Part 1
Here’s a roundup of news on the Affordable Care Act in Florida from Health News Florida: There were so many important health stories this week — mostly about policy and politics — that we want to make sure you didn’t miss any. The newest development … is a vote by the Republican-controlled House to fund…
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