A mobile maternity clinic is providing vital OB-GYN care in Florida’s ‘care deserts’
Only three of the 14 counties in north-central Florida provide full access to obstetric care. Six have low access to care — fewer than two hospitals offer obstetric care or birth centers per 10,000 births, and fewer than 60 obstetric providers. The remaining five are “care deserts,” and around 3,400 women of childbearing age live there.
To address this gap in care, in February 2025, UF Health established the OB/GYN Mobile Outreach Clinic to provide free, comprehensive maternal health services, including prenatal and postpartum care, breastfeeding support, family planning, and more.
In its first year alone, the mobile clinic served nearly 200 women in four counties.
Why is this good news? Studies have shown that traveling longer distances for obstetric care is associated with worse infant and maternal health outcomes. Mobile clinics can be a critical solution for the two and a half million American women of childbearing age who live in a maternity care desert.
Five years after taking psychedelic mushrooms in a clinical trial, depression patients were still ‘symptom-free’
A long-term clinical study found that many people with major depression remained symptom-free for years after receiving psilocybin therapy using psychedelic mushrooms.
Unlike traditional antidepressants, which typically require daily medication, psilocybin therapy involves only one or a few guided sessions combined with psychological support. Researchers believe the experience may help patients shift deeply rooted patterns of thought linked to depression.
Even the patients who weren’t entirely “symptom-free” saw progress, too. Select patients struggling with “debilitating” depression reported that their depression felt “more situational and manageable” — even years later.
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