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UF Health is requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the 2021 calendar year.
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Halloween isn’t the only day in costume for these dystopia role players
Kegan McConnell spends his weekends in a dystopia covered in yellow and blue makeup. A sand dollar necklace adorns his sweat-drenched neck. He draws fake weapons. He bleeds fake blood. During the week, he returns to his day job as a mild-mannered accountant. McConnell, who role-plays as a human-fish hybrid …
Read More »See the data: FDOH, CDC release new vaccination, community transmission rates
Nearly 14 million Floridians, or 73% of the state's population, are vaccinated.
Read More »The Lede || Season IV Episode V: Growing into fall
In this episode of The Lede, we take a look at students who are gaining an understanding of local civic duties, we speak with an expert about COVID-19 virus cases declining and we bring you the first installment of The Slap Shot.
Read More »Alachua County commissioners decided to continue giving out $25 gift cards to people who get vaccinated
The Alachua County Commission voted to extend its vaccination incentives another month after a successful first month of the program.
Read More »Vaccine mandate fight resumes after Gainesville challenges court ruling
Just one month after issuing a temporary injunction preventing the city of Gainesville from requiring employees be vaccinated against COVID-19, the judge in the case is now entertaining a motion from city attorneys to modify or rescind the ruling. The legal maneuver comes after a Sept. 23 meeting in which …
Read More »Moderna won’t share its vaccine recipe. WHO has hired an African startup to crack it
The World Health Organization has hired a company based in South Africa to figure out how to make an mRNA vaccine against COVID.
Read More »The University Press of Florida awarded national humanities grant for $450,000
The University Press of Florida, a publisher based out of the University of Florida, announced on Oct. 4 that it was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal organization that funds humanities programs across the country. Romi Gutierrez, the director for the University Press of Florida said that the publisher will …
Read More »Annual Thornebrook art festival returned in 2021
The Thornebrook art festival was one of many activities and traditions put on pause in the name of public safety in 2020 due to COVID-19.
Read More »Three Alachua County organizations under investigation for vaccine mandates
The Florida Department of Health listed 120 businesses under investigation for requiring vaccines. The list included the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners, the Alachua County Public Library and Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe. WUFT News talked with residents about their thoughts on the investigation.
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