Amid shortages of vaccines to protect against the coronavirus, Florida's top health officer on Thursday advised counties across his state to prioritize available doses to residents, including so-called snowbirds who reside in the state part-time.
Read More »Concern Grows In Florida Over More Contagious COVID Strain
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Florida had 46 confirmed cases of the more transmissible strain of COVID-19 as of Sunday, eclipsing California with 40 confirmed cases at last count.
Read More »Judge Defers Ordering Return Of Computers, Phone To Self-Described COVID Whistleblower
Rebekah Jones, 31, is suspected by authorities of hacking into a state emergency health network to transmit a message taunting the governor.
Read More »Florida Has Nearly Half Of Known US Cases Of COVID Variant
New data from the Centers for Disease Control shows Florida has nearly half the known cases in the United States of a mutated and likely more contagious strain of the coronavirus.
Read More »North Florida Museums Interact With Public Despite COVID-19 Challenges
Walking through the empty gallery halls at the Matheson History Museum in Gainesville every day hurts Dixie Neilson to her core. The museum has been closed to visitors since March, and as quiet as museums typically are, these bare walls and silence felt different.
Read More »What It’s Like To Donate Plasma in Gainesville During The Pandemic
The FDA is encouraging people with COVID-19 antibodies to donate plasma to help develop a treatment for the virus.
Read More »Florida Providers See Increased Demand For Telehealth Visits
In September, Florida first lady Casey DeSantis announced that the state Department of Education would spend $2 million to support the services in 18 rural school districts.
Read More »UF President Kent Fuchs Attempts To Set Example For Faculty And Staff COVID-19 Inoculations
University of Florida President Kent Fuchs on Tuesday received his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at UF Health Shands.
Read More »Tracking Florida’s Available Adult ICU Beds By County
As of about 6 p.m. Monday, 19.7 percent of adult intensive-care unit beds statewide were available, but numbers varied by county.
Read More »Gainesville’s Chinese Schools Aim To Preserve Cultural Instruction Virtually
Gainesville is home to two of Florida's 11 Chinese heritage schools, according to the National Council of Associations of Chinese Language Schools.
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