Now that over 10 million Florida residents have received a COVID-19 vaccine, the state Department of Health has changed its daily coronavirus data updates to weekly reports.
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The Florida Division of Emergency Management is about to surpass 450 days responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Over 100,000 Alachua County residents have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Voters in Florida and Maryland, the state where Rebekah Jones currently resides, likely won’t be seeing her on the ballot — in 2022.
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LifeSouth Community Blood Center is the key blood supplier for hospitals in Gainesville.
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One mid-January morning, Rebekah Jones Zoomed into a virtual Leon County courtroom. Though she had spent the better part of 2020 vociferously sounding an alarm, she was quiet that afternoon. Her blue eyes darted across the screen. The prosecution and defense teams sifted through piles of papers, readying their cases …
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Tsvetelina Thompson was 20 years old when her ex-boyfriend trafficked her. At first, she said, he was a “really sweet guy.” He would take her on lavish trips around Europe, adorning her with elaborate gifts – luxuries she never knew coming from a poor childhood in Bulgaria. So, she ran …
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The Instagram profile of DJ’s Cast Iron Burgers looks like a Spongebob Squarepants fan page. The clever burger business has sought to capitalize on the Nickelodeon nostalgia by attempting to equate its burgers with the cartoon’s adoringly famous “Krabby Patties.” But an animated sea sponge doesn’t make DJ’s burgers. Instead, …
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In this special, we introduce you to people from Florida who are adjusting to life as the pandemic recovery continues. Join us as our WUFT journalists show you how several members of the Florida community are surviving beyond COVID-19.
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While the vaccine rollout continues in prisons and jails across the U.S., vaccine hesitancy has emerged as a hurdle to herd immunity. Misinformation and a lack of trust in the prison system among incarcerated people have fueled skepticism — and refusal — of the shot.
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