Once again, a summer wave is spiking across the country and in Florida. While numbers remain far below pandemic peaks, low vaccination rates could fuel a wider spread to vulnerable family members.

Should you get vaccinated? Will your insurer pay for it? And will you still be able to find a vaccine? KFF Health News tries to sort out where things stand.

Data posted on the Florida Department of Health website showed 1,201 reported deaths, up from 1,144 a week earlier.

The Supreme Court on July 17, in a 5-2 decision, overturned a decision by the 1st District Court of Appeal that rejected the UF lawsuit, which involves fees that students paid for services such as transportation, health care and athletics.

The chair of the WHO's investigative group said that most scientific data supports the hypothesis that the new coronavirus jumped to humans from animals.

The case, one of numerous similar disputes in Florida, centers on fees students paid for services during the pandemic shutdown. The judge ruled USF's Board of Trustees was entitled to sovereign immunity.

The biggest questions are whether people can still choose to receive the vaccine even if it's not recommended for them and whether insurance will cover the cost.

USF public health professor Donna Petersen says collaboration was critical in helping community leaders respond to the pandemic. In hindsight, she says interventions like shutdowns were in place too long.

These people miss the empathy they felt during the early days of the pandemic. Some have lost friendships, but they strive to maintain the social ties important to mental health.

The most COVID deaths, 521, were reported in Miami-Dade, followed by 449 in Palm Beach and 365 in Pinellas.

The GOP-led panel wrapped up a two-year investigation with criticism for lockdowns, vaccines, social distancing and masking mandates.

The federal government is offering for the first time this year four, free COVID-19 testing kits. Experts say it's a move that highlights expectations of another busy respiratory infection season.