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• Florida Premature Birth Rates Up for Hispanic Mothers and Other Women

  Florida is among several southeastern states with the nation's highest premature birth rates, according to the March of Dimes second annual premature births "report card." In fact when it comes to preventing premature births, Florida…

• Palm Beach County Car Accidents Result in Two Elderly Florida Pedestrian Deaths

  West Palm Beach and Delray Beach, Florida were the sites of two separate fatal traffic accidents that claimed the lives of two elderly Florida pedestrians within a 24-hour period. According to news reports, on Weds.…

• Broward General Medical Center Issues Second Patient Testing Notice re: Disease Exposure Due to Nurse Accused of Reusing IV Bags and Tubing

  Broward General Medical Center has issued a patient notice update regarding the investigation of a Broward Medical nurse who reused IV bags and tubes on cardiac stress test patients. A Nov. 9, 2009 update posted…

• Lee County, Florida Car and Bike Accident on U.S. 41 Sends Teen to Hospital

  A South Fort Myers High teen from San Carlos Park, Florida was hospitalized after being struck by an SUV while riding his bicycle along busy U.S. 41. According to news reports, 15-year-old Todd Beland was…

• Company Fined in Fatal Florida Construction Accident Crane Collapse

  OSHA has fined the construction company involved in a Broward County, Florida crane accident that claimed the life of a 43-year-old father of three earlier in the year. The fatal construction accident occurred June 16…

• Florida I-75 Construction Accident: Driver Charged with DUI after Car Strikes Road Worker in Lee County

  A traffic accident this past week in Lee County, Florida, has left a construction worker with a broken arm. The car - pedestrian accident happened on Thurs. Oct. 29 on a stretch of Florida Interstate…

• Fort Myers Men Killed in SR-70 Car Accident Were Soldiers en Route to Visit Family in South Florida

  News reports state that two friends from Fort Myers, Florida, who were killed in a car accident this past weekend, were U.S. Army soldiers en route to surprise their families in southwest Florida, before being…

• Erb's Palsy and Other Birth Injury Prevention: Advocacy Group Holds Awareness Week

  The United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc., held an Awareness Week Oct. 18 to 24 to educate parents, families, and individuals about the risks of birth injuries such as Erbs Palsy, which can require surgery or…

• Police Seek Driver in Fort Lauderdale Area Hit and Run Pedestrian Traffic Accident

  The victim of a Lauderhill, Florida pedestrian accident remains hospitalized at Broward General Medical Center after he was struck by a driver who left the scene. This serious traffic accident occurred on October 10 when…

• Miami Driver Guilty in I-95 Car Accident that Killed Two Florida Motorcyclists

  A jury found a 26-year-old Miami, Florida woman guilty of vehicular homicide in a car and motorcycle accident that left two motorcycle operators dead. The fatal Florida car accident occurred in Feb. 2008. Killed were…