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Seven months after the pandemic forced most businesses across the country to close down, businesses are still adapting to reopening.

Seven months after the pandemic forced most businesses across the country to close down, businesses are still adapting to reopening.

The group wants to exempt “essential businesses” from COVID-related litigation and change rules for “non-essential businesses” that could be sued.

A total of 44 deaths linked to COVID-19 were reported across Florida on Tuesday.

A ban on visitation at Florida’s 4,000 long-term care facilities expires in early September, and Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to reopen doors to residents’ family members and friends who have been unable to visit because of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Gov. Ron DeSantis first ordered a stay on evictions to protect people from losing their homes during the coronavirus pandemic last April. It has since been extended, but experts say housing insecurity can impact physical and mental health.

Florida hospitals say they’ve collectively lost nearly $4 billion in the past four months because of the coronavirus. Hospitals around the state say...

The coronavirus pandemic is making it harder for the more than 460 veterans treatment courts in the U.S. to function. These courts seek to rehabilitate veterans charged with misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, rather than put them behind bars.

After nearly five months, families are demanding the state allow some form of in-person visitation in Florida nursing homes and assisted living…

Concern over the spread of the coronavirus has some families opting to move elderly parents out of nursing homes and assisted living facilities.Even in…

With more than 100,000 cases of COVID-19 in Florida now, public health experts are saying a second spike in infections is underway.Donna Petersen is dean…

Coronavirus is changing the way people grieve.Some were already dealing with loss before the pandemic locked them up in their homes. Others are feeling…