COVID In Florida: State Breaks Record For COVID-19 Hospitalizations As Delta Variant Spreads
The state of Florida continues to lead the country in the number of COVID-19 cases, Sunday reporting a record-high of 21,683 new daily coronavirus cases.
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The state of Florida continues to lead the country in the number of COVID-19 cases, Sunday reporting a record-high of 21,683 new daily coronavirus cases.
As COVID infections soar in South Florida, demand for testing is at an all-time high.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried says more effort needs to be made to stop the spread of COVID.
Florida has broken a previous record for COVID hospitalizations just a day after recording its most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic.
Florida has reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state's highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to federal health data released Saturday.
With the recent increase of Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations due to the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant, health experts and officials expect the surge to worsen as long as large segments of the country remain unvaccinated.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' warning this week of a "Faucian distopia" offered the latest glimpse at how ambitious Republicans eyeing 2024 presidential bids are increasingly targeting public health officials as they attempt to grow their national brands in front of conservative audiences.
With U.S. health officials recommending that children mask up in school this fall, parents and policy makers across the nation have been plunged anew into a debate over whether face coverings should be optional or a mandate.
The long lines for coronavirus tests are back.
Coronavirus cases are surging, local officials are discussing precautions about masks and vaccines and Gov. Ron DeSantis is scrambling to protect personal choice. All of this as Florida continues to account for about one in five COVID-19 infections in the U.S.
As South Florida remains under siege by the rising number of COVID cases, the Chief of Critical Care for the Memorial Health Care system is making a plea to the public to get vaccinated and help curb the number of cases.
Florida is becoming the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, and Just this week, cases jumped 50 percent, with more than 110,000 new cases reported.
Florida International University infectious disease expert Dr. Aileen Marty is sounding the alarm. She says we are at high risk in South Florida as the Delta variant takes a stronger hold.
The happiest place on Earth may not have very happy employees after learning The Walt Disney Company is now requiring US workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Saying he was protecting the rights of parents, Gov. Ron DeSantis has doubled down on his stance of no mask mandates for students in schools.
As coronavirus cases continue to surge across the country, the Publix supermarket chain has told its employees to mask up.
Walmart is the latest company to require some of its employees to get COVID-19 vaccine.
University of Miami researchers confirm the Delta variant of COVID-19 is spreading through South Florida, along with the rest of the U.S. just as an internal document from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals it appears to cause more severe illness and spreads as easily as chickenpox.
With a hearing scheduled next week, attorneys for Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration are asking a federal judge to reject arguments by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings that a state ban on so-called "vaccine passports" is unconstitutional.
The Florida Department of Health on Friday published a proposed rule that would carry out a new law allowing the state to levy $5,000 fines against businesses, government agencies and educational institutions that violate a ban on so-called COVID-19 "vaccine passports.
A statewide group of pediatricians Thursday called for "universal" use of masks in schools as the academic year gets ready to start and as Florida deals with a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Florida is not expected to join in the Biden administration's plan to provide $100 incentives to residents who get COVID-19 vaccinations by mid-August.
State universities are staying on track for a return to normal "pre-pandemic" operations as the fall semester approaches, while Florida grapples with a surge in COVID-19 cases.
With the delta variant surging across South Florida, many doctors say among those hospitalized are pregnant women.
U.S. Central Command said Saturday that more than 11,000 targets have been struck since Operation Epic Fury began on Feb. 28.
The school district said 25 students and five adults were on the bus headed out for a school field trip.
Francisco Marrero, 79, is facing multiple charges of organized fraud, first-degree grand theft, practicing accounting without a license, and money laundering.
Bank of America has reached a $72.5 million settlement in a lawsuit that alleges the financial giant helped facilitate the sex trafficking operation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
While organizers and city leaders tout the economic and cultural impact of the event, nearby residents say road closures, limited park access, and high noise levels disrupt daily life in an area that has grown increasingly residential.
The school district said 25 students and five adults were on the bus headed out for a school field trip.
Hundreds are expected to rally across South Florida as part of a nationwide "No Kings" day, with organizers planning demonstrations in several cities.
Francisco Marrero, 79, is facing multiple charges of organized fraud, first-degree grand theft, practicing accounting without a license, and money laundering.
Bank of America has reached a $72.5 million settlement in a lawsuit that alleges the financial giant helped facilitate the sex trafficking operation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
While organizers and city leaders tout the economic and cultural impact of the event, nearby residents say road closures, limited park access, and high noise levels disrupt daily life in an area that has grown increasingly residential.
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.
Ten U.S. service members were injured in an attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, according to multiple U.S. officials.
The full committee will recommend sanctions for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Florida Democrat, after the House's April recess.
The House passed a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security for 60 days — but it's still unclear how the shutdown will end as the Senate, which approved its own funding plan, is on recess.
President Trump said he will sign an executive order to restart pay for TSA officers, who have gone more than a month without a full paycheck.
The Treasury Department plans to add President Trump's signature to new U.S. paper currency, a first for a sitting president.
Wasserman Schultz pushed back against the suggestion that the United States was led into this war by Israel and its leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.
In advance of the trial, CBS News Miami spoke to Miami Herald federal courts reporter Jay Weaver about what Rubio is expected to say when he takes the stand.
Critics of the bill argue that the attacks on the teacher unions are part of a broader education strategy that has slowly been unfolding for the past 30 years.
Nixon is in the Democratic primary against Alex Vindman, the retired lieutenant colonel who was instrumental in causing Trump's first impeachment.
In a wide-ranging CBS News Miami interview with Jim DeFede, Byron Donalds discussed his troubled past, tensions with Gov. Ron DeSantis and his political views.
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.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
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.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
The price hike raises the cost of the standard plan with ads by $1 per month and the cost of the standard and premium plans by $2.
Savannah Guthrie stepped back from her NBC duties almost two months ago when her mother, Nancy Guthrie, disappeared. The investigation is ongoing.
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.
Local reports estimate that roughly 40,000 people gathered across central Seoul to watch K-pop band BTS reunite.
CBS News announced Friday that CBS News Radio will be shutting down this spring after nearly 100 years of broadcasting, citing "challenging economic realities."