Coronavirus

The top state health official in Orlando is put on leave after encouraging his staff to get the covid vaccine. Plus, the housing crisis is spreading across the state.

The top state health official in Orlando is put on leave after encouraging his staff to get the covid vaccine. Plus, the housing crisis is spreading across the state.

High school students across the country are concerned about COVID-19 safety and demanding more protections from their districts.

Students in Broward County are joining students from around the country calling for schools to halt in-person learning and offer more testing and personal protective equipment amid the surge of the omicron variant.

Nursing home staffing problems in Florida date back two decades, and boosting wages is the solution most often agreed upon. A 2022 bill called SB 804, however, is causing concerns among those who watch the industry closely or work in it for its proposal to address staffing shortages.

At least a million more Floridians likely will get infected with the highly contagious omicron variant by the end of January.

But the court upheld a separate mandate for almost all employees at hospitals, nursing homes and other health care providers that receive federal funds.

Many hospitals are dealing with a flood of people with COVID, including those primarily admitted for other reasons. These infections still drain the workforce and can put health workers and other patients at higher risk for contracting the virus.

One soon-to-be mother says she's "anxious to protect this little one on the way" during this nationwide surge in cases.

There are more patients and, in some places, not enough health care workers to go around. Research shows the crowding will impact care and increase mortality for all patients.

The state had nearly 126,000 more people test positive since Friday.

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