Long COVID Mice Show Fibroid-Like Uterine Lesions
A University of Miami study found uterine tissue changes one year after infection in a mouse model of long COVID.
Miami Diseases News
In Miami, disease news means outbreak alerts, treatment approvals, clinical trial results and public health warnings. This page covers medical conditions as they affect the city and the people who live and work in it.
Cancer
Oscar Insurance Seeks to Overturn Cancer Coverage Ruling
The insurer asks a Miami court to reverse a decision requiring payment for a patient's pancreatic cancer treatment.
Alzheimer’s
Live Poll
Do you believe large private donations to your local hospitals improve healthcare access for your community?
Baptist Health Broke Ground on Miami Neuroscience Institute
A $25 million gift from Kenneth Griffin will fund a massive new medical facility dedicated to brain and spine care.
Arthritis
Live Poll
Do you support the expansion of domestic stem cell manufacturing facilities in the United States?
RejuvStem Announced New Stem Cell Lab in Miami
The company will open a manufacturing facility near Miami to supply clinics with stem cell treatments.
Reporting here centers on infectious disease alerts, chronic conditions, new diagnostic approaches and the treatments that reach local patients. Coverage runs across the city and into the communities around it wherever a disease story crosses the line. Subtropical climate and a large, mobile population shape which conditions draw the most attention. Clinical trial availability and access to specialist care are the constraints that most often decide whether a new treatment reaches patients here.