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Airbnb has reached a big milestone amid a massive slowdown in the travel and tourism sector during the pandemic — its shares more than doubled in their debut on Thursday.

A Pfizer board member says the government declined to buy more doses beyond the initial 100 million already agreed upon. Demand from other countries could complicate future purchases.

Vice President Mike Pence’s announcement came as he was in Florida to attend a meeting of the National Space Council at Kennedy Space Center.

Orlando International Airport will offer a nonstop service to Hawaii in March.

They will go to high-contact, high-exposure health care personnel and residents of long-term care facilities.

The Florida Department of Health's latest coronavirus report shows that the state has added 9,592 new cases.

Sarasota attorney Ron Filipkowski says he was already unhappy with the state's COVID-19 response. The raid, which he sees as an attempt to silence Rebekah Jones and her sources, was the final straw.

Earlier this month, the USF Faculty Senate published a letter detailing their concerns about planned budget cuts. On Tuesday, the Board of Trustees got a chance to hear those concerns firsthand.

The nation looks to the Food and Drug Administration this week as it considers authorizing emergency use of the vaccine developed by Pfizer.

The boil water notice was lifted Thursday morning after two rounds of tests verified the water is safe to drink.

COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to strain U.S. hospitals in certain places, while the burden is easing up in other areas. Look up your local hospital to see how it's faring.

The state recorded the deaths of 16 people in the greater Tampa Bay area from coronavirus-related complications since Sunday, including 7 people in Hillsborough County.

Chuck Yeager, fighter ace, test pilot, breaker of the sound barrier and coolest of the cool, was the man even astronauts looked up to. Yeager never sought the spotlight, and was always a bit gruff.

"Sundial" spoke with South Florida Sun Sentinel reporters Cindy Goodman and Mario Ariza, who worked on the investigation critical of the governor's response to the pandemic.

The Food and Drug Administration finds "no specific safety concerns" that would stand in the way of authorization of the vaccine for emergency use. Effectiveness is 95% after two doses.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee is preparing to vote on whether to recommend Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the United States.

A company wants federal permission to use a pesticide linked to brain damage in young children and infants on citrus trees in Florida and Texas.

Trump and his allies have launched dozens of unsuccessful lawsuits seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election, which he lost. One of their most targeted states is Georgia.

When the coronavirus hit, thousands of unsheltered people in the state were moved into hotels under a plan known as "Project Roomkey." Now many are ending up back on the street.

Lawyers filed a lawsuit against NCAA on Thursday over its system to enforce academic performance, which allegedly discriminates against Black athletes and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Claire Hannan, head of the Association of Immunization Managers, says the officials planning vaccine distribution face plenty of challenges. One is not knowing how many doses are coming their way.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the first African American to lead one of the U.S. armed forces, says he was compelled to speak out after the police killing of George Floyd.

Before 90-year-old Kenneth Felts revealed to his family that he is gay, he built a friendship with another gay man, whose ability to be himself inspired Felts. He opened up "another world," for Felts.

A Colorado state team has picked up a mock vaccine at Denver's airport to deliver to a remote mountain hospital to test the ability to maintain the vaccine's required temperature.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Cody Meissner, a member of the Food and Drug Administration immunization advisory panel, about the panel's vote on approval of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine.