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Residents wait in line to be vaccinated at the Historic Bethel AME Church in St. Petersburg on Jan. 30, 2021. A group of Black pastors is urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to deliver adequate COVID-19 resources to communities disproportionately impacted by the virus.
Black pastors: Florida’s COVID response ‘neglected’ their communities
In a letter, they told Gov. Ron DeSantis the state is “failing to reach Florida’s communities of color and its most vulnerable.”
Vaccines, then prior infection, offer best protection from COVID
A 62-year-old nursing home resident receives a COVID-19 booster shot in New York on Sept. 27, 2021. A study released on Wednesday that compares coronavirus protection from prior infection and vaccination in New York and California concludes getting the shots is still the safest way to prevent COVID-19.
The study was conducted in California and New York before the omicron variant arrived.
US begins offering 1 billion COVID tests, but many more needed
A U.S. government website is displayed on a computer Wednesday in Walpole, Mass., that features a page where people can order free, at-home COVID-19 tests. The website, COVIDTests.gov, allows people to order four at-home tests per residence and have them delivered by mail.
Experts say the U.S. government must keep supplying free COVID-19 test kits.
White House soft-launches COVID-19 test request website
Youngstown City Health Department worker Faith Terreri grabs two at-home COVID-19 test kits to be handed out during a distribution event on Dec. 30 in Youngstown, Ohio. Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans, the Biden administration announced Monday, as it looks to lower costs and make testing for the virus more convenient amid rising frustrations.
The website COVIDTests.gov is now online and taking orders for four at-home tests per address.

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    First Lady Casey DeSantis speaks during a roundtable discussion regarding mental health at the downtown Tampa Firefighter Museum on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020.
  2. Black pastors: Florida’s COVID response ‘neglected’ their communities
    3 hours ago• Health
    Residents wait in line to be vaccinated at the Historic Bethel AME Church in St. Petersburg on Jan. 30, 2021. A group of Black pastors is urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to deliver adequate COVID-19 resources to communities disproportionately impacted by the virus.
  3. Allergy season started early and will only get worse after weekend respite
    5 hours ago• Health
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  5. Florida Senate passes health care liability shield
    Yesterday• Politics
    Florida Sen. Danny Burgess, right, sponsored the bill to protect health care providers from COVID-related lawsuits.
  6. Florida abortion bill will affect access across the South, advocates say
    Yesterday• Politics
    Joey Cousin, a transgender student from Broward County and an opponent of SB 404, known as the "parental consent" bill, speaks at a press conference at the Capitol in 2020 in Tallahassee. The bill was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2020.
  7. Vaccines, then prior infection, offer best protection from COVID
    Yesterday• Health
    A 62-year-old nursing home resident receives a COVID-19 booster shot in New York on Sept. 27, 2021. A study released on Wednesday that compares coronavirus protection from prior infection and vaccination in New York and California concludes getting the shots is still the safest way to prevent COVID-19.
  8. US begins offering 1 billion COVID tests, but many more needed
    Yesterday• Health
    A U.S. government website is displayed on a computer Wednesday in Walpole, Mass., that features a page where people can order free, at-home COVID-19 tests. The website, COVIDTests.gov, allows people to order four at-home tests per residence and have them delivered by mail.
  9. As omicron surges, effort to vaccinate young children stalls
    Yesterday• Health
    A six-year-old at her second appointment for the Pfizer covid vaccine on Dec. 30, 2021, in San Francisco, California. (SANTIAGO MEJIA / THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE VIA GETTY IMAGES)
  10. Biden to give away 400 million N95 masks starting next week
    Yesterday• Health
    Registered nurse Jessalynn Dest pulls on a new N95 mask Friday after leaving a COVID-19 patient room in the acute care unit of Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
  11. Consulate nursing homes are changing names. Are they changing ownership?
    Yesterday• Health
    Exterior photo of Radiant Health Care of Brandon, formerly Consulate Health pictured on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022 in Brandon.
  12. NHL to stop testing asymptomatic players post-All-Star break
    Jan. 18• Lightning
    Seattle Kraken left wing Jared McCann takes off from center ice to shoot a penalty shot against the Chicago Blackhawks during a game Monday in Seattle. The NHL will stop testing asymptomatic players, coaches and staff who are fully vaccinated following the All-Star break in early February.
  13. Van Morrison reschedules shows at Clearwater’s Ruth Eckerd Hall
    Jan. 18• Health
    Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and six-time Grammy winner Van Morrison performs at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater in 2017.
  14. White House soft-launches COVID-19 test request website
    Jan. 18• Health
    Youngstown City Health Department worker Faith Terreri grabs two at-home COVID-19 test kits to be handed out during a distribution event on Dec. 30 in Youngstown, Ohio. Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans, the Biden administration announced Monday, as it looks to lower costs and make testing for the virus more convenient amid rising frustrations.
  15. Florida Kratom for customers under 21 to be banned if this bill passes
    Jan. 18• Politics
    Members of the Florida House of Representatives work during a legislative session, Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
  16. USF Health leader Charles Lockwood gets top citizen award from chamber
    Jan. 18• News
    Charles Lockwood, dean of USF's college of medicine, speaks during an Aug. 5, 2021, news conference at Tampa General Hospital.
  17. U.S. faces wave of omicron deaths in coming weeks, models say
    Jan. 18• Health
    Respiratory therapist Frans Oudenaar, left, and registered nurse Bryan Hofilena cover the body of a COVID-19 patient with a sheet at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles, Dec. 14, 2021. The fast-moving omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the wave subsides in mid-March.
  18. Claim about Pfizer CEO’s description of vaccine leaves out important context
    Jan. 18• Health
    A dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at Lurie Children's hospital Nov. 5, 2021, in Chicago.
  19. What patients can learn with confidence from 1 rapid test (hint: very little)
    Jan. 18• Health
    Abbott Laboratories BinaxNOW, an at-home-rapid-COVID test.
  20. Israel study: 4th vaccine shows limited results with omicron
    Jan. 18• Health
    N'amah Yetzhak Abohaikal, a volunteer with the women's unit of United Hatzalah emergency service, prepares administer the COVID-19 vaccine to a teen girl as her brother and grandmother watch Tuesday at Clalit Health Services in Mevaseret Zion.
  21. Omicron slamming South American hospitals as workers fall ill
    Jan. 17• Health
    A health worker applies a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a community health center in Brasilia, Brazil, on Sunday. Brasilia started the COVID-19 vaccination of children between ages 5 and 11.
  22. Tampa Bay life carries on amid record COVID-19 infections
    Jan. 16• Health
    Fans cheer at Amalie Arena on Thursday as the Tampa Bay Lightning take on the Vancouver Canucks.
  23. Tampa Bay schools report 7,100 COVID cases for the week, a pandemic record
    Jan. 15• Health
    Students cross Fishhawk Boulevard to Newsome High in Lithia in October 2020. This week, Newsome reported 104 cases of COVID-19 among students and staff as Tampa Bay area schools saw their highest weekly case count since the pandemic began.
  24. Florida adds 430,297 COVID cases, 470 deaths in past week
    Jan. 15• Health
    Florida's weekly coronavirus numbers.
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