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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.

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.

It remains unclear who gave the order to only allow defendants and litigators into the courtrooms, though a sign posted on the door of each one declared it was “for public safety reasons.”

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Florida officials tried to reassure residents Monday that the risk posed by a new strain of coronavirus remained low, despite revelations that two people had become the first in the state to test positive for the virus.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a statement that the cases arose in the counties of Manatee and Hillsborough.

The proposals would formally ban insurance companies and others from denying transplants for anyone with physical or mental disabilities.