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covid-19

2024 COVID-19 deaths in Florida approach 3,000
The number of Florida resident deaths this year linked to COVID-19 is nearing 3,000.

Medicaid enrollment in Florida continues to decline
Enrollment in Florida’s Medicaid program continued to drop in May, with 4.423 million people receiving health care through the system.

2024 COVID-19 deaths in Florida reach 2,740
The number of deaths linked to COVID-19 in Florida continues to gradually increase.

Medicaid eligibility trial rescheduled to July
The class-action lawsuit is over people being dropped from Florida’s Medicaid program after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

A trial over Florida Medicaid eligibility is scheduled for May 13
A federal judge has scheduled a trial for May 13 in a lawsuit over people being dropped from Florida’s Medicaid program after redetermination

2,076 Florida deaths have been linked to the virus causing COVID-19, with 211 in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties.

A statewide grand jury probing COVID-19 vaccines in Florida seeks an extension
A statewide grand jury probing issues related to COVID-19 vaccines has asked the Florida Supreme Court to extend its term for six months.

Florida tops 93,000 COVID-19 deaths
The Florida Department of Health website Monday showed 93,224 reported resident deaths since the pandemic started in 2020.

The Scoop: Tues., November 14, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Virus research at USF The US Department of Agriculture is funding research at the University of South Florida to investigate viruses like the one that causes COVID-19. The 3 million dollar grant will allow researchers...

USDA awards $3 million to USF for research of disease transmission
Listen: The US Department of Agriculture is funding research at the University of South Florida to investigate viruses, like the one that causes COVID-19. This comes in the form of a three-million-dollar grant. The...

The Scoop: Mon., October 16, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Floridians fly, not refugees Last Thursday Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an Executive Order to fly Floridians stranded in Israel back to the US. However, the Governor says the United States...

Florida COVID-19 death toll climbs while new cases drop
The COVID-19 death toll continues to climb in Florida (to 91,590), while new COVID-19 cases have dropped in recent weeks.