FDA Authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 Booster Shots For Seniors, Others At High Risk
The authorization makes the Biden administration's plan to roll out booster shots this week at least partially possible.
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The authorization makes the Biden administration's plan to roll out booster shots this week at least partially possible.
The number of people hospitalized in Florida with COVID-19 continued to decrease Wednesday, getting closer to 8,000, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Officials have banned alcohol at a Georgia beach for the weekend of the Georgia-Florida football matchup, hoping to discourage big crowds amid a high rate of coronavirus infections.
Promising results from Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine study in children five to 11 years of age, and South Florida doctors say it's a good look.
Florida reported more than 75,000 cases of COVID-19 over the week, continuing a drop from summer highs when the state battled a fierce surge in infections fueled by the delta variant, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A day after Gov. Ron DeSantis pledged to "fight like hell" to maintain Florida's supply of monoclonal antibody treatments for people with COVID-19, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried asked President Joe Biden to hold off on changing Florida's allotment of the therapeutics.
After overwhelmingly rejecting a plan to give Pfizer booster shots against COVID-19 to most Americans, an influential federal advisory panel has approved the extra shots for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe disease.
Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced a change in the quarantine policy for high school students and employees that would reduce the number of days in quarantine for those contracting the coronavirus.
More than one-fourth of those COVID-19 deaths occurred this summer as the state battled a fierce surge in infections fueled by the Delta variant.
The committee is expected to start those booster discussions around 2:30 p.m. Friday.
While Florida looks to round the corner on administering 100,000 monoclonal antibody treatments to people with COVID-19, Gov. Ron DeSantis pledged Thursday to "fight like hell" to continue receiving the treatments as the federal government this week took control over distribution of the drugs.
The Miami Heat are helping to get more shots in arms in the battle against the spread of the coronavirus.
Miami Dolphins left tackle Austin Jackson believes people are entitled to make their own decisions about whether to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
A Miami federal judge has denied a request by parents of disabled children to block Gov. Ron DeSantis' efforts to prevent school districts from requiring students to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Never use medications intended for animals on yourself or other people."
Broward Mayor Steven Geller announced Wednesday that county employees who are not vaccinated against COVID will soon be charged $20 per week insurance fee and must submit to weekly testing.
It was a very bad summer here in South Florida, but we may be rounding the corner.
Hey guys, important vaccine alert - the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer will not cause your testicles to swell or cause male infertility.
As the delta variant of the coronavirus caused Florida to become a hotspot for COVID-19 in late July and August, the state's nursing homes also felt the brunt.
Florida continues to see reduced numbers of patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
Forget sheltering in and laying low during the pandemic. Optimistic vaccinated Floridians are making up for lost time by racking up credit card debt.
Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber has slammed Governor Ron DeSantis after he announced that county and city governments would be fined if they mandated that their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Governor Ron DeSantis has announced that his administration will start issuing $5,000 fines to cities and counties that require their workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
While kids will likely be trick or treating on October 31, their chance to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Halloween might not be a trick.
LeBron James last month announced he would not be returning to the Los Angeles Lakers.
The identity of the victim has not yet been released.
A fire investigator is working to determine the cause of the blaze.
Our rain chances and temperatures will trend even higher for the end of the workweek into the weekend.
Nicolás Maduro will return to a New York courtroom as his lawyers continue their objections to the U.S. military action that snatched Venezuela's president from power.
LeBron James last month announced he would not be returning to the Los Angeles Lakers.
The identity of the victim has not yet been released.
A fire investigator is working to determine the cause of the blaze.
Our rain chances and temperatures will trend even higher for the end of the workweek into the weekend.
Nicolás Maduro will return to a New York courtroom as his lawyers continue their objections to the U.S. military action that snatched Venezuela's president from power.
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.
More than 43,000 immigrants were arrested last month as DHS continues to detain people in less-publicized enforcement surges.
The Office of Personnel Management said it will "pseudonymize" medical records it collects on more than 8 million people — federal workers and retirees, and their family members.
The continuing resolution would fund the federal government until Dec. 4. It now heads to the Senate, where it could face obstacles.
Lawmakers hammered the president for bulldozing norms in pursuit of his construction goals and imposing his likeness on buildings, coins and passports.
Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, 28, died July 14 after authorities said he darted across a busy road in St. Augustine, Florida, and into the path of a truck.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Larkin spoke this week to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Perhaps the most controversial cut DeSantis made was the $15 million that would have gone to fund security efforts at Catholic schools in Miami-Dade County.
The likely Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Byron Donalds, said he would vote for it, but as he told CBS Miami's Jim DeFede, if it does fail, they will tackle the issue again next year.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
A recall has been issued for frozen blueberries sold at Publix stores in Georgia, Florida and other Southern states after 12 people became sick, the FDA says.
A new Florida law requires drug prescribers to complete sickle cell training, aiming to improve care and address stigma faced by patients.
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.
A lawyer says influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
A total of 22,141 fans wore the caps in London's Hyde Park on Friday ahead of his set at the British Summer Time festival.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.