COVID-19 coronavirus cases in Florida and the Tampa Bay area: What you need to know to avoid getting coronavirus, and what you should do if you think you are sick in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, Lakeland, and the rest of Central Florida.
DeSantis has styled himself and his administration as a bulwark against vaccine mandates, lockdowns and other restrictive public health protections adopted during the pandemic to curb infections and save lives. COVID vaccination has become a partisan issue, with surveys by KFF, the health information...
A doctor who appeared in a video tweeted by Donald Trump questioning the need for covid lockdowns and promoting the use of unproven treatments has said, in his new post as Florida surgeon general, that the state will recommend against covid vaccination for healthy children. The move goes ...
“It is affecting families in ways that we are not used to, so it has been really, really rough,” DeSantis said. Out of about 50 people present at the news conference, DeSantis was the only one who did not wear a mask when not speaking. He has promoted vaccinatio...
Big news out of Florida as it became the first state to officially advise against COVID shots for kids. The Florida Department of Health on Tuesday released new guidance that healthy children between the ages of 5 and 17 would not benefit from receiving a COVID vaccination. ...
When a reporter asked Ladapo about his stance on the state’s role in promoting the COVID-19 vaccine, the Harvard-educated doctor said those decisions should be an individual choice. ‘The state should be promoting good health, and vaccination isn’t the only path to that,’ Ladapo said....
Ron DeSantis signed a bill passed by the Republican-controlled state Legislature that bans businesses, schools and government entities in Florida from asking anyone to provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccination. More from the Miami Herald. Business Beat - Week of May 7th Get top news-to-know ...
Even though the restrictions are very stringent (Pre-travel covid testing and registration on Safe Travels app), I feel safer being on that plane for 5.5 hours than going elsewhere. Hawaii numbers are "high" for the islands (hovering around 100 cases), but most of the cases are due to ...
In one, researchers from the New York State Department of Health and the State University of New York compared laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 outcomes — including cases and hospitalizations — by vaccination status to estimate how effective vaccines were during a surge fueled by the highly ...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has said that if COVID-19 vaccination sites are left with extra doses after those who have made appointments receive them, the doses should go to other people — even if they are under the age of 65. ...