COVID-19

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 health care measure also covers rules related to medical marijuana treatment centers and labs, as well as licensing of out-of-state physicians, nurses and PAs.

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.

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo praised the federal move as vindication of the state’s early and controversial decisions to push back against mRNA vaccine use.

During his talk, part of the Ringling College Town Hall series, Dr. Anthony Fauci described decades of working for presidents of both parties and helping treat patients during the AIDS epidemic.

To deliver on pledges from the Trump administration to make America healthy again, policymakers will need to close gaps in longevity among racial and ethnic groups.

The lawsuit is one of many filed in Florida seeking refunds for students who paid for services that were not provided because of campus closures in 2020.

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.

When Miramar-based Trinity Health Care Services accepted the inflated payments, its CEO was U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who has been the subject of an unrelated House ethics complaint.

In a final report unsealed on Tuesday, the grand jury recommended policy changes including increasing transparency around clinical trials and banning advertisements for pharmaceutical drugs.

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