How is Florida being impacted by COVID now? TAMPA, Fla. — Florida’s COVID-19 uptick this winter may have peaked without a crushing wave of hospitalizations. Tribune News Service · Feb 5, 2023
Omicron has shattered what we know about COVID reinfections. Here’s why you may be vulnerable. Initially, enduring COVID had one redeeming quality: It gave you some short-term immunity from getting infected again. Tribune News Service · Jul 27, 2022
Omicron has shattered what we know about COVID reinfections. Here’s why you may be vulnerable FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Initially, enduring COVID had one redeeming quality: It gave you some short-term immunity from getting infected again. Tribune News Service · Jul 25, 2022
Monkeypox has been declared a global emergency. Should you get a vaccine? And which one? Should you get a monkeypox vaccine? Miami Herald · Jul 23, 2022
‘Florida is in midst of a meningococcal outbreak.’ What to know now about meningitis Florida is facing several disease outbreaks — COVID, monkeypox, dengue fever. But meningococcal disease is now on the minds of health experts, too. Miami Herald · Jul 23, 2022
What you need to know about dengue, who’s at risk and does it matter where you got bit? As if COVID, monkeypox and triple-digit heat indices aren’t enough to make you consider sealing yourself inside an air-conditioned hazmat suit, the announcement by Florida’s health department that confirmed the first locally transmitted case of dengue in Miami-Dade County might be enough to get you asking about measurements for such… Miami Herald · Jul 21, 2022
DeSantis defends state decision not to order COVID vaccines for young kids Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday defended the state’s decision not to preorder COVID-19 pediatric vaccines for children under 5, saying that parents who want the shots can access them without the state’s help. Miami Herald · Jun 16, 2022
‘We should definitely be concerned.’ Miami-Dade’s COVID-19 cases, positivity rates soar MIAMI — With a new wave of omicron COVID cases surging in Miami-Dade County, the percent of local positive tests, known as the positivity rate, has soared, representing a fourfold increase since April and likely an undercount due to at-home testing. Miami Herald · Jun 10, 2022
Only a few days are left to get a COVID vaccine for free in South Florida. Many testing and treatment sites will close soon FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With demand low and federal funds running out, dozens of COVID testing, vaccination and treatments sites will be closing in South Florida within the next 10 days. Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2022