The FDA says therapies from Regeneron and Eli Lilly should no longer be used because they don't work against omicron. Gov. Ron DeSantis says the action will "cost some Americans their lives."
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Sergey Tinyakov/Getty Images/iStockphotoThe company told the state on Monday that it is closing four offices in the Tampa Bay area. The layoffs are effective April 1.
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iStock/A Senate staff analysis of the bill said broadband access is available to 98% of the state’s urban areas and just 78.6% of rural areas.
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Jose A. Iglesias/El Nuevo HeraldA Florida Senate judiciary committee is expected to take up legislation that builds up the state’s immigration enforcement.
In early 2021, eight University of South Florida researchers, as well as a few St. Pete residents started work on the $50,000 study commissioned by city officials.
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Jose Dotres, who spent three decades in Miami-Dade public schools as a teacher and administrator, will replace outgoing superintendent Alberto Carvalho,.
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Bills before the Florida Legislature would severely restrict what teachers can say when it comes to race, history and LGBTQ issues. The leader of Florida's largest teachers union says anti-public school policies have fractured public education.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis' proposed congressional map would eliminate two of the state's African-American congressional districts. Voting rights advocates say the map would dilute minority voting power in the state.
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The $10 billion telescope is nearly ready to begin capturing images that scientists hope will help uncover the mysteries of the universe — and scope out other possible habitable planets.
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APNevada police thought Shane Lee Brown, who is Black, was Shane Neal Brown, who is white, taller and roughly twice as old. Now, Shane Lee Brown has filed suit, seeking $500,000 in damages.
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Richard Bouhet/AFP via Getty ImagesStill, the Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File says the high number of shark bites and deaths last year was on par with long-term averages.
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What could the world achieve this year if we had a limitless budget and full support from global leaders? Our audience shares their heartfelt ideas.
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Adair was a superb soloist and tremendous accompanist, as well as the bedrock of Nashville's jazz scene after first relocating there in the early '60s.
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Imani Perry says the South can be seen as an "origin point" for the way the nation operates. Her book, South to America, reflects on the region's history and traces the steps of an enslaved ancestor.
WUSF is reporting on how distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine exposes inequities in Florida’s health care system.
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Seth Wenig/AP/APHealth News Florida is reporting on staffing shortages in nursing homes and assisted living facilities and we'd like to hear from you.
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Daylina Miller/WUSF Public MediaWUSF Public Media is asking members of the trans, nonbinary and gender noncomforming community to tell us what trans joy means to them.
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