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Michelle Genz

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Study of county’s high infant mortality rate enters its final phase

A $60,000 study into Indian River County’s historically high infant mortality rate is entering its final phase, just ...

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Retired Vero Beach surgeon is running for seat on the Hospital District board

For the first time since Cleveland Clinic came to town, a seat on the Hospital District board of ...

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VNA to build new facility near hospital

In one of the most ambitious fundraising efforts in Indian River County’s healthcare history, the VNA/Hospice of the ...

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Sebastian River hospital fights to fill patient beds

As Sebastian River Medical Center braced for the financial strains of a pandemic and tried to finish a ...

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State confirms major problems at Sea Breeze

A state inspector who checked out the Sea Breeze Rehabilitation and Nursing Center after the daughter of a ...

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COVID death toll doubles during August

As August came to a close, the daily number of new positive cases of COVID-19 here had dwindled ...

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Faces of pandemic: Couple dies three days apart

On a bicycle festooned with blue Christmas lights, Isidoro De La Paz pedaled through Fellsmere every day, his ...

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Senior facilities may soon be open again to visitors

As schools reopened with trepidation Monday, nursing homes and assisted living facilities edged closer to reopening to visitors ...

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Teachers union, school superintendent working more closely than ever

As COVID-19 haunts the start of school this week, there is healing going on behind the scenes. Following ...

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New senior living facility opens in midst of pandemic

Just as the state debates how to reopen long-term care facilities to visitors shut out during the COVID-19 ...

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Visits to loved ones may be permitted at senior care facilities

Visitors may soon be returning to nursing homes and assisted living facilities as a task force appointed by ...

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Thieves steal Vero Beach Museum of Art’s donor info

The donor list of the Vero Beach Museum of Art – containing detailed personal information on many of ...