In the first weeks of outbreak, the Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins, despite publicly declaring it supported an open scientific inquiry, an AP investigation finds.

The court issued an order scheduling the arguments for June 5 in the case, which is one of a series of similar class-action lawsuits filed against colleges in the state.

False claims that COVID-19 vaccines cause deaths and other diseases such as cancer are still prevalent despite multiple studies showing the vaccines saved lives and do not cause cancers.

The county commission plans to use about $4.5 million in leftover money from the American Rescue Plan. Orange would be the first Florida county to do so.

Researchers found the antiviral treatment was disproportionately given to patients with lower risk of severe infection and, if properly utilized, more than 16,000 COVID deaths could have been prevented.

According to state data, 334 deaths have already been recorded this month. In 2023, 8,403 COVID deaths were recorded in Florida.

Thousands of people are still dying with COVID, but the federal government has mostly handed over responsibility to the people to weather the seasonal surges with their own strategies.

Latinos are still more likely to be hospitalized or die from COVID — so doctors and activists hope younger, more educated voices can convince the vulnerable to get vaccinated.

Health officials predict that the variant may be more transmissible or is better at evading our immune systems. However, there's no sign so far that JN.1 causes more severe illness than other variants.

After hospitals, pharmacies and the state refused to help, an Orlando mother shares her journey in trying to get her 8-month-old daughter the COVID-19 vaccination.

The new variant is called JN.1. It's an omicron offshoot that makes up about 44% of COVID cases across the country, according to the CDC.

WUWF’s Sandra Averhart recently spoke to Dr. Susan Laenger, who has been tracking the COVID-19 situation locally. Laenger is an internal medicine physician, who also serves as medical director of primary care services for Sacred Heart Medical Group.