Kerry Sheridan
Reporter/HostKerry Sheridan is a reporter and co-host of All Things Considered at WUSF Public Media.
Prior to joining WUSF, she covered international news, health, science, space and environmental issues for Agence France-Presse from 2005 to 2019, reporting from the Middle East bureau in Cyprus, followed by stints in Washington and Miami.
Kerry earned her master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2002, and was a recipient of the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship for Cultural Reporting.
She got her start in radio news as a freelancer with WFUV in the Bronx in 2002. Since then, her stories have spanned a range of topics, including politics, baseball, rocket launches, art exhibits, coral reef restoration, life-saving medical research, and more.
She is a native of upstate New York, and currently lives with her husband and two children in Sarasota.
You can reach Kerry via email at sheridank@wusf.org, on Twitter @kerrsheridan or by phone at 813-974-8663.
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Researchers say spending more on efforts to contain invasive species and prevent their spread once they arrive, could help reduce expensive damages.
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The research points to a range of causes of death that can strike in the year after a patient is hospitalized.
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Officials say a patient at the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital had mild symptoms and recently returned from international travel. The St. Lucie case was also travel-related.
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When it comes to receiving organ transplants, patients are not usually judged on prior behavior, but some doctors are questioning whether unvaccinated COVID patients should qualify for new lungs.
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The operations are expensive, risky, and use a scarce resource — donated lungs — that might otherwise go to patients with cystic fibrosis or other diseases.
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The White House said about 900,000 children nationwide aged 5-11 have received their first dose since the Pfizer vaccine was cleared by regulators earlier this month.
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By training members of the community to deliver surveys and collect data, the hope is that better understanding will emerge across the lines of race and socioeconomics.
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‘Black Lives Matter’ removed from Sarasota 5th grade curriculum due to critical race theory concernsParents of fifth graders received a letter this week alerting them of a change to the curriculum, though it did not specify what exactly was removed.
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Dr. Washington Hill has worked as an OB-GYN for more than 50 years and specializes in high-risk pregnancies.
