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Precautionary Boil Water Notice Issued for Northwest Hillsborough County Rescinded
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. -UPDATE This Notice Had Been Recsinded.
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FDA Authorizes First Over-the-Counter Fully At-Home Test for COVID-19
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first over-the-counter (OTC) fully at-home diagnosti [...]
Tropicana Field COVID-19 Testing Site Closing For the Day
SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Tropicana Field COVID-19 testing site has reached capacity and is closing to new cars for the day, but residents can be [...]
Pandemic Backlash Jeopardizes Public Health Powers, Leaders
By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Hannah Recht and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press and Lauren Weber
Tisha Coleman has lived in close-knit Lin [...]
First Florida Citizen Receives COVID-19 Vaccine in Tampa
TAMPA, Fla. - Governor Ron DeSantis was at Tampa General Hospital on Monday to announce and witness the first COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to [...]
Hospitals Scramble to Prioritize Which Workers Are First for COVID Shots
By JoNel Aleccia DECEMBER 14, 2020
If there’s such a thing as a date with destiny, it’s marked on Dr. Taison Bell’s calendar.
At noon Tuesday, [...]
$23 Million in CARES Act Funds To Support Florida Mental Health Services
Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis announced $23 million in funding to bolster Florida’s mental health services system as well as an [...]
Farmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine Priority
With front-line health workers and nursing home residents and staff expected to get the initial doses of COVID vaccines, the thornier question is fig [...]
Pinellas and Broward To Serve As Pilot Counties To Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine
Broward and Pinellas Counties will serve as two of the first Florida counties taking part next week in a COVID-19 vaccination effort that will priori [...]
Hillsborough COVID-19 State of Local Emergency Extended, Mask Mandate
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Hillsborough County’s state of local emergency enacted in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is extended for a [...]