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Over 100,000 Alachua County residents have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Read More »Alachua County COVID-19 Hospitalizations Have Fallen As Vaccination Numbers Have Risen
Fired Pandemic Data Manager, Fierce Critic Of Florida’s Governor Decides Not To Run For Congress
Voters in Florida and Maryland, the state where Rebekah Jones currently resides, likely won’t be seeing her on the ballot — in 2022.
Read More »Gainesville Blood Shortage Continues After Height of Pandemic, LifeSouth Says
LifeSouth Community Blood Center is the key blood supplier for hospitals in Gainesville.
Read More »Rebekah Jones And The Consequences Of Whistleblowing
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 …
Read More »A Hidden Crisis Of The Pandemic: Violence Against Women Hasn’t Stopped. Neither Have the Women-Led Organizations Combating the Problem.
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 …
Read More »Pop-Up Offerings At Paynes Prairie? Temporary Food Trend Reaches Gainesville
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, …
Read More »Overcoming Impossible: COVID-19 Florida
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.
Read More »CDC Survey: Distrust Likely To Keep Majority Of Florida Prisoners From Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
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.
Read More »Florida Governor Signs Law Preempting Local COVID Edicts
Some mayors, particularly those aligned with the Democratic Party, decried Republican-led preemptions as a power grab against local government's ability to control a potential resurgence of the coronavirus but also restrict their ability to respond to future public health emergencies.
Read More »Florida Governor Proposed Protecting College Students’ Right To Party. What Happened?
To party or not to party? As college students across Florida wrestled during the pandemic over public health restrictions, including whether it was safe to visit bars, nightclubs or house parties, Gov. Ron DeSantis weighed in.
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