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  • 5 Reasons You Should Get the Flu Vaccine This Year

    Cold and flu season is underway, which means if you haven’t gotten vaccinated yet, it’s time to head to your local pharmacy or doctor. Getting the flu vaccine can help you avoid getting ill, and potentially losing days away from work, school — or even worse, ending up in the hospital.

  • AdventHealth, Orlando Health partner with School District of Osceola County to address food insecurity

    KISSIMMEE, Fla., Nov. 19, 2020 — AdventHealth and Orlando Health today announced a partnership with the School District of Osceola County (SDOC) to address food insecurity in the region by expanding the county’s SMART Bus initiative.

  • With Flu Shots Less Effective this Year, Here's Why You Should Still Get Vaccinated

    Every year during flu season, there’s a debate about whether to get the flu vaccine.

  • Pediatric Neurosurgery

    The Neurosurgery Program at Arnold Palmer Hospital provides highly specialized care to children with neurological problems.

  • Is It Too Late for a Flu Shot? Definitely Not!

    No one wants to get the influenza virus (flu). We continue to vaccinate throughout the flu season as it remains the single best way to protect our children and families. 

  • The Flu Is Coming: Get Your Flu Shot Today

    Maybe you haven’t heard of anyone getting sick from the flu yet this year – but flu season is already here. If you haven’t gotten your annual flu shot, it’s important to get it – today. 

  • That Vaginal Smell — What Is It?

    Like it or not, your vagina has a certain scent. It’s slightly sweet, and it indicates that you have good lactobacillus — in other words, you have plenty of the good bacteria that keep the area healthy.

  • Is this Scalding Burn Serious?

    Every 65 seconds, someone in the United States sustains a burn injury serious enough to require treatment. That’s 486,000 injuries a year, and those burns can occur in a variety of ways—exposure to chemicals, sun, fire, electricity or hot liquids.

  • UF Health Cancer Center - Orlando Health Expands Into North Seminole County, Lake Mary Community

    LAKE MARY, Fla. (May 17, 2016) — Cancer patients living in north Seminole County and the Lake Mary community now have more options available to them for receiving cancer care. UF Health Can-cer Center - Orlando Health has opened a new collaborative cancer center located along Rinehart Road in Lake Mary. The 12,000 square foot cancer treatment facility will offer medical oncology ser-vices including chemotherapy, infusion services and oncology appointments giving patients local ac-cess to the cancer center specialists, vast resources, leading-edge treatments and ongoing medical trials. Radiation oncology services will begin later this summer.

  • Orlando Health is the First Hospital in Florida to Perform Life-Changing In-Utero Surgery

    Orlando, FL (August 28, 2018) – Orlando Health announced today that it is the first hospital system in the state of Florida to perform in-utero surgery to repair spina bifida, a spinal defect developed by the fetus during the early stages of pregnancy. The first surgery took place on May 23, 2018 at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies and the mother delivered her baby via C-section on July 10, 2018. To date, the team has successfully performed this operation on three patients and the first two healthy babies have been born.