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COVID-19 Vaccine Preregistration is Now Available for 65+ in Citrus County
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. - Today, the Florida Department of Health in Citrus County (DOH-Citrus) announced that the statewide preregistration system to sc [...]
Pasco County to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Thru Vaccination Clinic Week of Feb 1
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - The Florida Department of Health in Pasco County (DOH-Pasco) will be holding four COVID-19 vaccination clinics the week of Feb.1 [...]
Pinellas County Receives New Shipment of COVID-19 Vaccine for Residents 65+
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - Appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations for anyone 65 and older re-open at 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, following a new shipment of [...]
Huge Gaps in Vaccine Data Make It Next to Impossible to Know Who Got the Shots
By Rachana Pradhan and Fred Schulte
As they rush to vaccinate millions of Americans, health officials are struggling to collect critically importa [...]
Florida Surpasses 1 Million Seniors Vaccinated for COVID-19
Tuesday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Florida’s official reporting now reflects more than 1 million seniors 65 and older have been vaccinated [...]
Remdesivir, Given to Half of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in the U.S., Is Big Win for Gilead — Boosted by Taxpayers
By Sarah Jane Tribble
It was the end of April — just as the U.S. confirmed its millionth covid-19 case and 50,000 deaths — when White House advise [...]
DOH-Citrus County COVID-19 Vaccine Drive-Thru For 65+ on Jan. 30th
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. - The Florida Department of Health in Citrus County (DOH-Citrus) will be offering COVID-19 vaccines only to individuals 65 and ol [...]
Why Even Presidential Pressure Might Not Get More Vaccine to Market Faster
By Liz Szabo and Sarah Jane Tribble and Arthur Allen and Jay Hancock
Americans are dying of covid-19 by the thousands, but efforts to ramp up prod [...]
Second Vaccine Doses for Hillsborough County Residents Ages 65+ To Begin This Week
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla.- Hillsborough County, in partnership with the Florida Department of Health, begins second doses of COVID-19 coronavirus vac [...]
Florida Gov. DeSantis Says By the End of January All Residents 65+ in Long Term Care Will Be Vaccinated
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, speaking from Jacksonville Monday, said that all residents and staff members at long-term care facilities in Florida w [...]