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  • Pens at places like doctor’s offices and schools harbor viruses and bacteria that can make you sick, yet they are rarely cleaned. The CleanBlock sanitizes shared pens between users with a quick swipe.Simple Device Sanitizes Often Overlooked Breeding Ground for Bacteria and Viruses
  • Brayden McMichael, 10, gets his annual flu shot. While medical professionals recommend that every healthy person over six months of age get the flu vaccine, a new national survey by Orlando Health found that a shocking number of parents are skeptical of its safety and effectiveness.Survey Shows Widespread Skepticism of Flu Shot Despite Doctor Recommendations
  • elf1Magical Surgery Saves Christmas
  • A mother looks on as the pediatric trauma team at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children cares for her son. A new survey shows that 90 percent of Americans think parents should be able to stay with their child rather than being confined to a waiting room.Survey: Parents Should be Allowed to be Present During Trauma Care
  • Pens at places like doctor’s offices and schools harbor viruses and bacteria that can make you sick, yet they are rarely cleaned. The CleanBlock sanitizes shared pens between users with a quick swipe.

    Simple Device Sanitizes Often Overlooked Breeding Ground for Bacteria and Viruses

    Shared pens carry thousands of germs but are rarely cleaned between users
  • Brayden McMichael, 10, gets his annual flu shot. While medical professionals recommend that every healthy person over six months of age get the flu vaccine, a new national survey by Orlando Health found that a shocking number of parents are skeptical of its safety and effectiveness.

    Survey Shows Widespread Skepticism of Flu Shot Despite Doctor Recommendations

    More than half of parents think their children can get the flu from the vaccine, a third say it doesn’t work
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    Magical Surgery Saves Christmas

    With the help of Santa's magic gloves, "special doctors" fix family's Elf on the Shelf
  • A mother looks on as the pediatric trauma team at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children cares for her son. A new survey shows that 90 percent of Americans think parents should be able to stay with their child rather than being confined to a waiting room.

    Survey: Parents Should be Allowed to be Present During Trauma Care

    Hospitals see the benefits of allowing parents to stay with their child through treatment
Chapel Herron, front, and her sister Lillie enjoy some screen time at their home in Orlando, Florida.

How To Manage Your Child’s Screen Time
Expert offers tips to help find balance between the time kids spend online and outside

A nurse takes a photo during a recent surgery on an 8 year old boy at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, Florida. Doctors there have developed an app that allows nurses to safely and securely send texts, photos and videos from the OR directly to the smartphones of family members in an effort to keep them informed on progress during surgical procedures. See how the app works here: bit.ly/1x820XI

Nurses Text, Send Images From O-R With New App
Safe, secure app is designed to keep parents up to date during surgery, ease tensions while they wait

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Happy Holiday, Even For Kids In The Hospital