Health Care

How Miami is dealing with healthcare issues, including your brain

Stories by Miami Herald journalists, with AI summarization

This collection of stories explores how Miami is addressing healthcare challenges, particularly focusing on community-centered initiatives and expansions in medical infrastructure.

The University of Miami's new genetics lab takes Alzheimer's research directly into the community, offering a unique approach to recruitment and testing. Meanwhile, Mount Sinai Medical Center's expansion plans include opening a freestanding emergency room in Westchester, aiming to bring care closer to residents. Baptist Health Foundation has launched the Power Extraordinary campaign, which aims to raise funds for enhancing healthcare services and promoting innovation. This initiative also includes significant philanthropic contributions to expand medical research and treatment facilities, such as the new Kenneth C. Griffin Center at the Miami Neuroscience Institute. Read the stories below.

A caretaker, center, offers cafecito to Asustina Valdes Cabrera, left, while she is tested by UHealth medical researcher Dr. Katrina Celis, right, as part of an Alzheimer study during a community outreach event for the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics where UM researchers performed tests, enrolled new participants and took blood samples to a new Biorespository opening at UHealth’s campus, at Hora Feliz Adult Day Care on Thursday, January 16, 2025, in Hialeah, Fla. By D.A. Varela

NO. 1: HOW A UM LAB IS UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF THE BRAIN. IT STARTS WITH A PERSONAL MESSAGE

What to know about the visits. | Published January 24, 2025 | Read Full Story by Michelle Marchante

Ken Griffin, citadel CEO, smiles while accepting recognition for his donation to the Miami Neuroscience Institute during a ceremony on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at Baptist Health Baptist Hospital in Miami, Fla.

NO. 2: BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO INVEST IN OUR HEALTHCARE FUTURE | OPINION

Baptist Health Foundation is out to transform healthcare in Miami-Dade | Opinion | Published January 16, 2025 | Read Full Story by Michael L. Katz

Mount Sinai Medical Center, which has its main hospital in Miami Beach, is opening a new emergency center in Westchester.

NO. 3: A MIAMI BEACH HOSPITAL IS EXPANDING ACROSS THE BAY. WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT HEALTH CENTER

There will be an ER and more. | Published April 3, 2025 | Read Full Story by Michelle Marchante

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.