Ryan Vasquez
March 26, 2020 Coronavirus, From the Front Lines, Podcast
Pregnancy is already a stressful time for many women. With the spread of COVID-19, many expectant women are worried about what the virus means for their health and the health of their baby.
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Associated Press
March 25, 2020 Coronavirus, Government and politics
The success or failure of the Republican governor's decisions could have major consequences for the national economic recovery, not to mention the presidential election.
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Dana Cassidy
March 25, 2020 Coronavirus, Fresh Take Florida, Law and public safety
Chief Justice Charles Canady of the Florida Supreme Court issued a new order this week suspending all civil and criminal jury trials and grand jury proceedings statewide through at least April 17.
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WUFT News
March 25, 2020 Coronavirus
The chair of the UF College of Medicine’s department of obstetrics and gynecology provides important information on the novel coronavirus and pregnancy.
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News from NPR
March 25, 2020 Coronavirus, National
Congressional leaders announced an agreement to fund cash payments to Americans, bailouts for key industries and aid to the health care industry.
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Shelby Smith
March 25, 2020 Coronavirus
Groups and stores around North Central Florida are coming together to make face masks for hospitals, nursing homes and residents.
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Jasmine Dahlby
March 25, 2020 Coronavirus, The Point
The case is not travel-related.
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Jourdan Davis
March 25, 2020 Coronavirus, Government and politics
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alachua County remained at 37, with only eight counties across the state having more, according to the Florida Department of Health.
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Ryan Vasquez
March 25, 2020 Coronavirus, From the Front Lines, Podcast
We talked to Sami Dees, an assistant teacher at Kiddie Academy in Gainesville who cares for 2-year-olds.
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Jim Turner - News Service of Florida
March 24, 2020 Coronavirus
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday daily claims to the state’s reemployment assistance system have jumped from what could be 250, 500 or 1,000 a day to between 18,000 and 21,000 a day.
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Hannah Rarick
March 24, 2020 Coronavirus, State of Florida
As of Tuesday, March 24, Alachua Country has 37 cases of COVID-19, and Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered gyms to close statewide to help slow the virus's spread. Some local gyms are attempting to use apps and websites to reach their members in order to keep themselves afloat.
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Samantha Chery
March 24, 2020 Coronavirus, Development
“Realistically, if they shut us down for three weeks, I could be bankrupt,” said Sueanne Kelsey, 51, a tattoo artist and nail technician who runs The Rare Bird Nail & Ink Studio in Hawthorne.
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Lexi Flechner
March 24, 2020 Coronavirus, Education
Under federal law, schools are not permitted to fund meals for students during times when they normally would have been off from school.
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Meleah Lyden
March 24, 2020 Florida Good
Roberta Lopez is an 81-year-old Archer native working with Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Cemetery Restoration Organization to maintain the historically black cemetery where generations of her family are buried.
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Maya Punjwani
March 24, 2020 Coronavirus, Government and politics
Alachua County lost hundreds of millions of dollars of federal funding because too few UF students stated during the 2010 census counting that they lived in Gainesville, officials said.
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Danielle Ivanov
March 24, 2020 Fresh Take Florida
First-responders carry a powerful, opioid-overdose reversal drug – known as naloxone – that can save lives when injected into a patient or sprayed into his nose. The U.S. surgeon general has urged broader access to the drug to reduce overdose deaths, but the Legislature failed to pass a measure that could have made the drug more widely available in Florida’s schools – despite it being free of charge to schools in many cases.
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Gabriella Paul
March 24, 2020 Coronavirus, The Point
It emulates emergency measures taken in New York in response to COVID-19.
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Nomfumo Manaba
March 24, 2020 Development, Government and politics
According to the report, The U.S. Army Reserve would spend $36 million to construct the facility. In the process, 316 construction jobs, which would last between 12 and 16 months, would be created in Alachua County.
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Ryan Vasquez
March 24, 2020 Coronavirus, From the Front Lines, Government and politics, Podcast
Alachua County Commissioner Robert Hutchinson in a meeting with Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe issued an emergency stay-at-home order.
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Christine Sexton - News Service of Florida
March 23, 2020 Coronavirus
While the UF testing will be located at The Villages, it’s open to people who book appointments online at the website, https://ufhealthcovid.com.
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Dana Cassidy
March 23, 2020 Coronavirus, Fresh Take Florida
As Florida's confirmed cases of the coronavirus pandemic rise, the risk of the disease spreading within state prisons and jails is causing officials to rethink how Florida keeps its criminals behind bars.
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Emily Felts
March 23, 2020 Coronavirus
Many dining and beverage spot owners said they were just as worried about the impact on the community as they were their own short- and long-term business viability.
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Angela DiMichele
March 23, 2020 Coronavirus, Fresh Take Florida
Jessica Brar, a 34-year-old Gainesville yoga instructor, flew to Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 9, when the United States was still just waking up to the seriousness of COVID-19. It was supposed to be another adventure for Brar, who loves to travel, but international travel became difficult with the virus, and she's been stranded in Peru. The U.S. Embassy has shuttered and Brar feels abandoned by her country. American officials, she said, failed to come through in her hour of need.
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Gaby Eseverri
March 23, 2020 Environment
The Ocklawaha River was dammed in 1968. The flooded reservoir drowned over 7,500 acres of floodplain forest and 20 freshwater springs. Over 50 years later, people continue to fight for and against the existence of the dam.
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Ethan Magoc
March 23, 2020 Coronavirus, The Point
Theater and concert venues as well as movie houses across the nation – including Broadway in New York – have shut down in the wake of COVID-19.
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Ryan Vasquez
March 23, 2020 Coronavirus, From the Front Lines, Podcast
This podcast will serve to provide an update on Florida's response to coronavirus, with a particular focus on north central Florida.
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Emma McAvoy
March 23, 2020 Arts and Entertainment, Coronavirus
“It’s not a great time for the arts in general,” said Julie Campitelli of the Hippodrome State Theatre.
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Ethan Magoc
March 22, 2020 Coronavirus, The Point
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. Today’s top Florida stories • One of our colleagues responsible for editing the stories we bring to you in this space each day had a scare with coronavirus-like symptoms last week, and she decided to share it …
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Katie Hyson
March 21, 2020 Coronavirus, Government and politics
It was something I hadn’t known to be afraid of — to not be able to breathe comfortably, and not know where to get care.
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Ethan Magoc
March 21, 2020 Coronavirus, The Point
It's unlikely the state's current testing numbers line up with the number of actual cases.
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Kristin Moorehead
March 21, 2020 Coronavirus, Health and Science
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a statement on Thursday reassuring people that blood donation is both safe and needed during this outbreak.
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Angela DiMichele
March 20, 2020 Coronavirus, Fresh Take Florida
They’re calling on lawmakers for help.
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Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida
March 20, 2020 Coronavirus, Government and politics
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday issued an executive order that blocks restaurants statewide from serving food in their dining rooms.
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Athena Masson - FPREN
March 20, 2020 Coronavirus, Environment
A region’s climate could play a role in the spread of COVID-19, but there are less than three months of data for scientists to work with.
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News from NPR
March 20, 2020 Coronavirus
The federal government is telling lenders to lower or suspend mortgage payments for up to 12 months for homeowners who have lost income due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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