Kerry Sheridan
Kerry Sheridan is a reporter and co-host of All Things Considered at WUSF Public Media.
Prior to joining WUSF, she covered international news, health, science, space and environmental issues for Agence France-Presse from 2005 to 2019, reporting from the Middle East bureau in Cyprus, followed by stints in Washington and Miami.
Kerry earned her master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2002, and was a recipient of the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship for Cultural Reporting.
She got her start in radio news as a freelancer with WFUV in the Bronx in 2002. Since then, her stories have spanned a range of topics, including politics, baseball, rocket launches, art exhibits, coral reef restoration, life-saving medical research, and more.
She is a native of upstate New York, and currently lives with her husband and two children in Sarasota.
You can reach Kerry via email at sheridank@wusf.org, on Twitter @kerrsheridan or by phone at 813-974-8663.
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The move affects community-based organizations across the country, including the well known Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, D.C. and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. -
Most immunizations are mandated by legislation in Florida, but more recent vaccines dating to the 1980s and 1990s are governed by rules from the state health department, which are easier to change. -
The disease was declared eliminated from the US in 2000, but outbreaks have increased in recent years as vaccine skepticism rises. -
Teaching a new generation and volunteering to help others is a way of life for some retired New York City firefighters who lost colleagues, friends and relatives on September 11, 2001. -
A state plan would remove mandates on schoolchildren receiving shots for chickenpox, hepatitis B, Hib and pneumococcal disease. Comments can be made through Sept. 14. -
Two "measles-associated" deaths were reported by Pennsylvania health authorities this week in Lancaster County, the first such deaths so far this year in the United States. -
Confusion reigned at a meeting this week to discuss financial projections, after March numbers showed a shortfall, while August figures jumped suddenly by $29 million. -
Attorney General James Uthmeier listed 7-0H as a controlled substance about a year ago. At a news conference in Tampa, he said the ban made an impact, but manufacturers worked to circumvent it. -
Federal money is at risk for programs to prevent and treat HIV. In Washington, lawmakers are considering cuts for the next fiscal year. -
The latest findings by researchers at Harvard and Stanford are based on 2024-25 state test results, combined with national assessment data, to pinpoint trends in learning. -
Florida aimed to become the first state in the nation to end all vaccine mandates. But lawmakers failed to agree on a path forward. -
The debate in the Senate Appropriations Committee was vigorous at times, with some supporters unsure if they would support the measure on the chamber floor. A House companion bill has not yet been considered.
