National Institute on Aging
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High levels of community spread and low vaccination rates are putting many nursing homes in Florida at risk for COVID-19 outbreaks. Some facilities are taking extra precautions.
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iStock/Brian Lee with Families for Better Care says federal data on nursing home case rates lags and doesn't cover all of Florida's long-term care facilities. He says the state is failing seniors by not resuming it's own daily reports. -
TwitterAgriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried says she will provide county data reported daily to the federal government because the state Department of Health switched to releasing such info to once a week.
Currall only lasted two years in the position before announcing his resignation last week. He leaves next month but will remain on campus as a professor.
Coronavirus: Need To Know
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The positivity rate for new cases in the week ending July 22 was nearly five times as high as rates from last month as new cases surge and the pace of vaccination stalls.
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Rev. Kenneth Irby/Rev. Kenneth IrbyWUSF is asking you to weigh in on the COVID-19 vaccine, and conversations you've had with people about it.
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The expansion will unite Saint Leo University and Marymount Caifornia University under the Saint Leo name. -
Conservationists have a 5-amendment rights of nature ballot drive going on right now. This is the fourth in a series looking at each of the proposed ballot amendments. Today's story is about the proposed right to clean water amendment.
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The CDC reported more than 16,000 new cases of coronavirus in Florida on Tuesday.
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It includes guests who have already received a coronavirus vaccine.
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Parents were split almost evenly on whether they will send their students to Manatee elementary schools wearing masks.
Coverage of the red tide outbreak across the region.
WUSF is reporting on how distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine exposes inequities in Florida’s health care system.
NPR
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This competition was initially defined by who wasn't competing. U.S. star Simone Biles, the greatest gymnast of all time and the heavy favorite to win, pulled out to take care of her mental health.
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The U.S. economy grew 6.5% pace in the April-June quarter, continuing to strengthen from the worst of the pandemic. A slowdown is inevitable; the question is how much it will slow.
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Court documents obtained by The Boston Globe show that McCarrick is charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy during a wedding reception in the 1970s.
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The brand-name version of the once-daily pill that is 99% effective at preventing HIV used to cost upwards of $1,800 a month. Federal guidance now makes getting the drug with insurance cheaper.
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There's been about two degrees Fahrenheit of warming so far worldwide. That may sound like a small number, but scientists say it's enough to make extreme weather events much more common.
What you need to know as hurricane season approaches.
WUSF, in collaboration with the Florida Climate Reporting Network, is bringing you stories on how climate change is affecting you.
Politics / Issues
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Attorneys for the state say U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams should turn down Norwegian Cruise Line’s request for a preliminary injunction against the vaccine-passport ban.
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Wilfredo Lee/APLeon is forcing its employees to be vaccinated or be fired. Meantime, Orange is requiring its nonunion workers to get the shots and Miami-Dade is mandating indoors masks in county buildings.
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