April 20 2020 – Governor Ron DeSantis announced the members of the Re-Open Task Force Industry Working Group on Tourism, Construction, Real Estate, Recreation, Retail and Transportation and VISIT FLORIDA CEO Dana Young provided an industry update. Yesterday, Governor DeSantis announced the executive committee, which can be found here.
Read MoreApril 22, 2020 – Cleveland Clinic is establishing the Center for Global and Emerging Pathogens Research to broaden understanding of emerging pathogens – ranging from Zika virus to SARS-CoV-2 (which causes COVID-19) – and to expedite critically needed treatments and vaccines.
Read MoreApril 22, 2020 – At a press conference this morning Memorial Healthcare representatives announced that the C.B. Smith drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Pembroke Pines was expandeding its criteria to begin re-testing individuals with a previous COVID-19 positive result, as well as all South Florida residents, 18 years and over, who are asymptomatic or symptomatic.
April 22, 2020 – XRHealth, the leader in extended reality and therapeutic applications, announced that they raised $7M in funding to expand their telehealth platform to support more clinicians and patients for virtual/augmented reality therapy. The round was led by Bridges Israel, Flint Capital, 20/20 HealthCare Partners and comes at a time that millions of people are isolated due to COVID-19 and are in need of various telehealth solutions that provide high quality care and enable patients to adhere to self-distancing precautions.
