Miami-Dade Seeing COVID Rates 5 Times Higher Than Summer Delta Surge
Omicron has become the dominant variant across the country and in South Florida. The CDC says omicron was responsible for 99% of the new COVID cases in the last week.
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Omicron has become the dominant variant across the country and in South Florida. The CDC says omicron was responsible for 99% of the new COVID cases in the last week.
The coronavirus pandemic forced many businesses to close their doors and turn away customers and employees, but as many of those businesses and restaurants reopen, they are looking for employees to fill available positions as they keep up with increased demand for their goods and services.
Florida opened five additional monoclonal antibody treatment sites on Tuesday, three of which are in South Florida.
For those looking for the sometimes hard-to-find at-home COVID-19 tests, you'll soon be able to order them online and have them delivered to your home.
The number of Florida hospital inpatients with COVID-19 was down slightly Tuesday from a week earlier, according to data posted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Some experts call the new guidance unreasonable and unrealistic.
Florida will open five additional monoclonal antibody treatment sites, three of which will be in South Florida.
Empty store shelves in South Florida are a common sight lately as the omicron variant and common winter illnesses spread at a rapid rate.
With the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus continuing to spread, Florida totaled more than 430,000 cases of COVID-19 during the week that ended Thursday, according to a report released Friday by the state Department of Health.
A Southwest Miami-Dade woman is trying to raise awareness about delays in getting COVID test results from pop-up sites and she says she was tested 17 days ago and has still not heard what the results were.
The number of people with COVID-19 in Florida's hospitals jumped to more than 11,500 during the past week.
Our new COVID reality often requires a pit stop at a testing site or urgent care center for a test.
The vice president of a Miami-Dade business says he has a surplus of 30 million coveted N95 masks but is facing a serious problem – a lack of buyers.
CBS4 News has learned that South Florida police officers who have contracted COVID-19 have been returning to work sooner than expected.
After Florida and other states fought the plans, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for large employers, while clearing the way for a requirement that healthcare workers get shots to try to curb the virus.
Sen. Jason Brodeur, R-Sanford, is sponsoring a measure aimed at allowing religious institutions to hold in-person services during emergencies.
With COVID cases at an all-time high, medical experts say it is time to upgrade your mask.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set to update its mask advice this week to best reflect the available options and the different levels of protection they provide, a CDC official told CNN.
A majority of workers already are vaccinated. The new policy doesn't affect guests.
The number of patients in Florida hospitals with COVID-19, and patients needing intensive care, continue to increase.
CBS4 News went inside a busy drive-up, COVID testing site Tuesday at Tropical Park for the first time and found that nurses are working extraordinary hours while helping people who need tests.
More than 11,000 patients in Florida hospitals have COVID-19, including nearly 1,400 in intensive-care units, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
For people with private health insurance, beginning this weekend there will be no out-of-pocket expense for take-home COVID-19 tests.
Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho took to Twitter Saturday to address student absences during the first week of school of the new year.
Our new COVID reality often requires a pit stop at a testing site or urgent care center for a test.
The only person who gave Cameron Young any trouble on Sunday was Cameron Young.
A month-long search after a Colorado airman's vehicle and dog were stolen while he was on deployment came to a tragic end on Saturday.
Antonelli holds a 20-point lead over teammate George Russell in the championship standings.
A Spirit pilot received an impromptu retirement party from a different airline after what would have been his final flight was canceled.
New security camera footage shows the collision in front of a house, sending debris flying.
The only person who gave Cameron Young any trouble on Sunday was Cameron Young.
A month-long search after a Colorado airman's vehicle and dog were stolen while he was on deployment came to a tragic end on Saturday.
Antonelli holds a 20-point lead over teammate George Russell in the championship standings.
A Spirit pilot received an impromptu retirement party from a different airline after what would have been his final flight was canceled.
New security camera footage shows the collision in front of a house, sending debris flying.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
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.
Before this map was created, there were 20 districts that favored Republicans and eight that favored Democrats.
State lawmakers approved the new map, which deeply affects both Wasserman Schultz and fellow Democratic congressman Jared Moskowitz.
The Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama called state lawmakers into special sessions on Friday, initial steps in what could be a scramble to redraw congressional maps after the Supreme Court narrowed the Voting Rights Act.
The new measures increase pressure on foreign financial institutions by threatening their access to U.S. markets if they continue to work with Cuban government entities.
A federal judge scolded prosecutors for pushing to move forward with detention proceedings for accused correspondents' dinner gunman Cole Allen, even though Allen agreed to remain in custody.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Michael Tilson Thomas, the 12-time Grammy Award winning composer and famed conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony for a quarter century, has died.