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Raging outbreaks in the Midwest and Great Plains are driving the numbers, but every region of the country is showing growth in new infections.
Read More »Coronavirus Cases Rise To Highest Level Since Late July
SEC Postpones 3rd Game This Week, Moving Missouri-Florida
The Tigers and Gators will now play Oct. 31.
Read More »‘It’s A Move We’ve Got to Make’: Priest Theatre In High Springs About To Be Sold
Struggling with adjusting to the new conditions imposed by the pandemic, the Priest Theatre, the mainstay of downtown High Springs, will soon close.
Read More »Police Departments Adapt To New COVID-19 Precautions
Local police departments are using new technologies to stay safe from the coronavirus.
Read More »Alachua and Marion Counties Urge Mail-In Voters To Send Their Ballots Early
The best option for voters who are concerned for their health is to submit their ballot through mail. But in a year as complex as 2020 skepticism and concerns remain about the voting process.
Read More »‘Need To Be A Little More Cautious’: Students And Medical Professionals Weigh In On COVID-19’s Impact On Young People
At a campaign rally in Ohio last month,President Donald Trump claimed that the coronavirus affects virtually no young people. But nearly 1,000 people between the ages of 0 and 29 contributed to the approximately 210,000 coronavirus-related deaths in the United States, according to the Center forDisease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 Data Tracker.
Read More »Florida’s Prisons Have Reopened For Visitation, But Not All Families Appreciate Their New Rules
In Florida, families may travel the length of the state to visit a loved one in prison only to have their visit be limited to a few hours without any sort of physical contact.
Read More »Starke Businesses Survived The Route 301 Bypass. Will They Survive The Pandemic, Too?
“Things were looking pretty good. Then this mess hit.”
Read More »UF Researchers Turn To Sewage To Monitor COVID-19 On Campus
University of Florida researchers are testing wastewater samples for the presence of the virus that causes COVID-19, called SARS-CoV-2, potentially helping to identify hotspots of the virus on campus — even among asymptomatic people.
Read More »Live: The 2020 Vice Presidential Debate
Watch Mike Pence and Kamala Harris in Salt Lake City beginning at 9 p.m. ET for debate updates and fact checks.
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