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Known to pollute water, leaky septic tanks can also pose problems for human health. Whether they can spread COVID-19 is uncertain.
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‘A Lot of People Are Frustrated’: Grocery Store Workers Push for Emergency Status
The always essential but traditionally undervalued group has become esteemed like never before in recent months.
Read More »The Point, May 6, 2020: DeSantis Criticizes Florida’s Unemployment System
The unprecedented surge in Florida's unemployed due to the coronavirus has put pressure on the governor to investigate the faulty state system for processing claims.
Read More »The Point, May 4, 2020: A WUFT Investigation Into Climate Change And Public Health
Our semester-long investigation of climate change and public health found that human hazards — from heat-related hospitalizations to disease-carrying insects — are on the rise in Florida
Read More »Heat-Related Illness Rising with Temperatures
Florida has made headlines this spring for record heat, but the trend stretches back far longer. Statewide temperature averages have been higher than normal for 57 out of the last 60 months.
Read More »‘A Patriot In The Best Sense Of The Word’: Alachua County Activist Terry Fleming Dies At 58
Fleming was known as a long-time champion of human rights and a pillar in the Alachua County community.
Read More »‘Mental Health Firefighters’: A Mental Health Counselor On The Impacts Of Coronavirus
WUFT News recently spoke with a mental health counselor for Meridian Behavioral Healthcare about its mobile response program and how people should be thinking about their mental health during these challenging times.
Read More »Alachua County Charter Review Commission Continues to Review Voter Proposals
The county commission every 10 years appoints a charter review panel to solicit and evaluate proposals from residents for amending the county’s governing document.
Read More »‘I Feel The Difference In My Body’: Meat Alternatives Increasingly Consumed Amid Pandemic
Last month, a Nielsen report found that around the peak of the coronavirus on March 14, vegan meat sales increased by 279.8% compared to the year before.
Read More »Spaying Of Strays And Low-Income Owners’ Pets Is Put On Hold Because Of Pandemic
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the St. Francis Pet Care Clinic has closed but plans to reopen on May 5.
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