Hillsborough County's positivity rate for new cases rose from 3.5% to 4.9% in one week. And Florida's COVID-19 death toll surpassed 61,000.
Daylina Miller
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WUSF Public Media
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office asked a U.S. district judge to issue an emergency injunction against the vaccination requirement while the appeal is being considered. -
Parents say they want to protect their kids from the virus and prevent them from spreading it to someone else.
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It will be the only COVID-19 public site supported by the county.
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OSHA has put the mandate on hold after an stay by a federal appeals court. However, the Biden administration says "nothing has changed" regarding its message to companies with more than 100 workers.
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Johns Hopkins' dashboard reports 771,045 deaths since the pandemic began. According to the CDC, 385,343 deaths occurred last year, which would mean 385,702 have happened so far this year.
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U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers wrote that the state had not shown “irreparable harm” to justify an injunction or temporary restraining order.
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It is also putting applications for religious and medical exemptions to these vaccine requirements on hold.
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He was able to become one of nearly 30 people to receive a double lung transplant at UF Health since the start of the pandemic.
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Theater companies and musical ensembles are restarting live performances after a crippling pandemic pause. In some states, artists find creative ways to get around laws that go against public health recommendations.
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What's behind the bottlenecks in air travel? Airlines have been caught flat-footed by a travel surgeAir travel is roaring back after the pandemic caused it to crash in 2020. AAA says more than 4 million Americans will fly over Thanksgiving, almost matching 2019 numbers. But airlines have struggled to adjust.
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Researchers are calling for policy changes to improve health equity. They say one way Florida can do that is by expanding Medicaid.
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Health News Florida is reporting on staffing shortages in nursing homes and assisted living facilities and we'd like to hear from you.
