In August, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees declared the outbreak a public health emergency and urged health providers to begin more intensified efforts to screen and vaccinate the public.
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In a police department that’s understaffed, it is hard to not get overwhelmed on a Saturday night.
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Every chair of Florida's health care policy groups sat on a panel at the Universtiy of Florida on Monday to discuss health care costs and access. This event is the first of its kind at UF.
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Starting Tuesday, there will be a fence that outlines the camp for the purpose of preventing new people from moving in.
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Lonely shopping carts litter the sidewalks far from their intended place in Gainesville.8
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The lawsuit argues that arresting people who identify themselves as homeless if they are sleeping or resting while awake in outdoor areas is cruel and unusual punishment and violates their humans rights to due process under the 8th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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There was little information from the affected islands, though officials expected many residents to be left homeless.
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Dignity Village is set to close by 2020. While housing options are being provided for the homeless people who live there, some are expected to reject the help.
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Food pantries that rely on donations often face problems providing healthy food to low-resource populations. One partial solution for people who depend on food pantries in Gainesville is foraging and gardening to obtain fruits and vegetables.
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A Gainesville City Commission subcommittee led by Commissioner David Arreola has been discussing rental housing regulations since December.
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