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Coronavirus in Florida

As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on, read the latest on the coronavirus, its variants and the vaccines as well as helpful tips from safety to economic relief and more.

  1. There’s no sign of widespread US COVID-19 mandates. Republicans are warning of them anyway.
    Sept. 13• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, shakes hands with fairgoers after taking part in a Fair-Side Chat with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 12 in Des Moines, Iowa. Republicans are responding to a late summer spike in COVID-19 by raising familiar fears that government-issued lockdowns and mask mandates are on the horizon. GOP presidential hopefuls including DeSantis, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and former President Donald Trump have spread this narrative.
  2. Off the beaten path: 15 Tampa Bay trails to explore
    June 30• Outdoors
    Pinellas County Extension Agent for Florida Sea Grant, Libby Carnahan, leads a group of people on a hike to discuss climate-change science and its effects on coastal communities in Florida at St. Petersburg's Weedon Island Preserve in 2020.
  5. DeSantis pushed to close a COVID testing site out of spite, mayor says in documentary
    June 12• Politics
    Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at an event held by the Never Back Down PAC in Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
  6. New reports show backing for lab leak theory, but government agencies remain divided
    March 3• Nation & World
    This 2020 electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, which cause COVID-19. A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies since the COVID-19 pandemic began: Did the virus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab? Now, the U.S. Department of Energy has assessed with “low confidence” that it began with a lab leak although some others in the U.S. intelligence community disagree.
  7. Florida surgeon general, again questioning COVID vaccines, sends letter to CDC, FDA
    Feb. 17• Health
    Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, center, flanked by Jim Millican, division chief with the Lealman Fire District, left, and Ulyee Choe, director of the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County, speaks to reporters on Jan. 30, 2023, at the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County in Clearwater.
  8. DeSantis falsely says bivalent booster vaccine increases chances of COVID infection
    Jan. 24• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis falsely claimed that “almost every study now has said with these new boosters, you’re more likely to get infected with the bivalent booster.”
  9. 75% of Florida seniors not boosted ahead of the holidays
    Dec. 23, 2022• Health
    Jane Lenher, a resident who says she is in her 80's, sits outside of the Freedom Square Seminole Nursing Pavilion, 7800 Liberty Lane, on Friday, April 17, 2020 in Seminole. "I come out everyday for some fresh air," Lenher said. "And then I go back in and do busy stuff." Lenher said she does not know anyone in the facility that is sick from coronavirus. About 30 patients and staff members at a Pinellas County nursing home have tested positive for the coronavirus, county officials said. Several patients from Freedom Square Seminole Nursing Pavilion have been transferred to local hospitals, Assistant County Administrator Lourdes Benedict told the Tampa Bay Times. Other residents of the facility will be tested, officials said, and the grounds are being cleaned.
  10. Hospitalizations signal rising COVID-19 risk for US seniors
    Dec. 11, 2022• Health
    Tina Sandri, CEO of Forest Hills of DC senior living facility, passes a COVID-19 informational sign while walking to her office on Thursday, in Washington. Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States, with older adults a growing share of U.S. deaths.
  11. Why most Tampa Bay hospitals are relaxing mask rules
    Nov. 17, 2022• Health
    Dr. Seetha Lakshmi, center foreground, works with a multidisciplinary team during rounds in the 2D COVID-19 unit at Tampa General Hospital. Many hospitals began relaxing masking rules in the past month after new guidance from the CDC.
  12. COVID-19 linked to dramatic increase in US pregnancy-related deaths
    Oct. 19, 2022• Health
    A doctor uses a hand-held Doppler probe on a pregnant woman to measure the heartbeat of the fetus on Dec. 17, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. COVID-19 drove a dramatic increase in the number of women who died from pregnancy or childbirth complications in the U.S. last year, a crisis that has disproportionately claimed Black and Hispanic women as victims, according to a report released Wednesday.

Información acerca del coronavirus en español

El área de la Bahía de Tampa tiene niveles bajos de COVID, pero el virus está aumentando en Florida
Dec. 15, 2022• CENTRO
Trabajadores de la salud en el Morton Plant Hospital en Clearwater trabajan para estabilizar a un paciente con COVID-19 el miércoles 25 de agosto de 2021. Los niveles del virus siguen siendo bajos en Tampa Bay, pero los casos están aumentando en todo el estado.
Prospera: la fórmula para hacer realidad los sueños empresariales
Nov. 30, 2022• CENTRO
Fabian Yepez, Vicepresidente de Prospera en Tampa.
Reinventarse con ‘Amor, tácticas y estrategias’
Nov. 17, 2022• CENTRO
Meghan Martin abraza a su hijo Riley, de 6 años, durante una tarde en Denver Park en St. Petersburg el sábado 4 de septiembre de 2021. Meghan es pediatra de urgencias en All Children's Hospital y está tan frustrada por la falta de comprensión sobre el COVID que hizo TikTok videos para correr la voz sobre vacunas y máscaras. En la foto trasera derecha está Avery Martin, 9.
Ron DeSantis gana segundo mandato como gobernador de Florida
Nov. 9, 2022• CENTRO
El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, saluda a la multitud de simpatizantes con su esposa Casey DeSantis antes del comienzo de su discurso en el Keep Florida Free Tour el miércoles, 24 de agosto de 2022 en Tampa.
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