Florida COVID-19 Hospitalizations Continue To Fall
The number of patients in Florida hospitals who have tested positive for COVID-19 continues to drop.
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The number of patients in Florida hospitals who have tested positive for COVID-19 continues to drop.
As of Friday, more than 900,000 people in the United States have died of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Jackson Health System is speaking exclusively with CBS4 about a 50 percent drop in COVID patients at the 7 hospitals in the Jackson Health System.
The Florida Department of Health has gone to an appeals court in a battle about whether it should provide daily COVID-19 data, as it seeks to be shielded from explaining officials' decision-making about releasing the information.
Even though Omicron is waning, the medical community in South Florida has an eye on a new threat.
As COVID-19 cases decline in some parts of the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it continues to monitor variants circulating in the U.S. and internationally.
The number of patients in Florida hospitals who tested positive for COVID-19 dropped during the past week as new cases continued to fall.
Pregnant people are at increased risk for severe illness from the coronavirus, which is why doctors recommended they receive the COVID vaccine.
Numbers released Friday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services showed a significant decrease in the past week in Florida hospital inpatients with COVID-19.
Winn Dixie and Fresco y Mas pharmacies across Florida are expected to get free N95 masks Friday and begin distributing them soon after.
Winn Dixie and Fresco y Mas pharmacies across Florida are expected to get free N95 masks Friday and will begin distributing them soon after.
As the COVID-19 infection rate continues to decline in Miami-Dade, the Archdiocese of Miami has updated its policy on who has to wear masks in its schools.
Pfizer and BioNTech have started a clinical trial for their Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine.
The number of Florida hospital inpatients with COVID-19 jumped back above 11,000, adding more than 300 patients in a Tuesday count, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The FDA withdrew emergency use authorization for monoclonal antibody treatment as well as for Regeneron because apparently neither one is effective against Omicron cases.
Americans can get up to three of them free of charge.
The data showed that 10,794 inpatients had COVID-19, down from 11,468 on Friday. Also, it showed that 1,566 COVID-19 patients were in intensive-care units, down from 1,601 on Friday.
The World Health Organization has reported cases of BA.2 in at least 40 countries, including the United States.
After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this month that backed the Biden administration, Florida has dropped its appeal in a legal fight against federal COVID-19 vaccination requirements for health care workers.
The Florida Department of Health has been tracking COVID cases for the last 10 weeks. Last week, the numbers hit an all-time high. Now, there's a significant drop.
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The number of Florida hospital inpatients with COVID-19 was down slightly for the second day in a row, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Getting a booster shot provides the best protection against the Omicron variant, according to three large studies from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The numbers showed that 11,575 Florida inpatients had COVID-19, down from 11,839 in a Wednesday count.
Despite objections from Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration, a federal judge has allowed parents and children with disabilities to pursue a revamped lawsuit challenging state decisions that included banning student mask mandates in public schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The Trump administration on Monday announced it is seeking to revoke the citizenship of 17 U.S. citizens accused of immigration fraud.
The lawsuit calls the event "deeply corrupt" and argues that it seeks to enrich the president and his allies and lacks proper authorization.
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said the timing of the appointment takes FISA Section 702 reauthorization "off the table."
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Florida House Speaker Danny Perez denied claims his nomination as U.S. ambassador to Brazil was tied to Florida's recent redistricting effort.
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Critics argue his plan will decimate cities, counties, and local school districts.
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Commissioners voted to allow the review, saying if that was the only way to move the project - designed to help people with mental illnesses caught in the criminal justice system - then so be it.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
The FDA is moving ahead with a safety study of the abortion pill mifepristone, a senior FDA official confirmed to CBS News, a step that could create a path for the Trump administration to restrict access to the medication.
U.S. government plans to open a quarantine center for Americans exposed to Ebola on an air base in Kenya have been temporarily halted by a court order.
The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
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