COVID-19

Vaccinations against COVID-19 are underway in South Florida. We continue to update this site as more changes take place.

Jorge Pérez built Related Group into one of the leading condominium and apartment developers in the region, reshaping the South Florida skyline — especially along the waterfront. Now his two oldest sons have taken over the day-to-day running of the company after the Surfside collapse and during a pandemic.

The city still has about $600,000 available to help renters pay back their landlords.

Pfizer and BioNTech say that early trial results show their vaccine established a strong antibody response against the coronavirus. FDA review is still needed.

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried asked for planned changes to the national distribution of antibody drugs to be delayed until the COVID-19 caseload is “further reduced” in Florida.

The University of Miami study supports vaccine requirements for school employees and cutting class sizes.

The Progressive Liberal Party's Philip Brave Davis will be the Bahamas' next Prime Minister after beating Prime Minister Hubert Minnis' Free National Movement in a snap election driven by the pandemic.

The mayor of Orange County discusses vaccine mandates for employees and the possible repercussions from the state. Plus, Florida may do away with standardized testing and a historic space mission launches from the state's Space Coast.

Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration supported boosters of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for a smaller group of people after they voted against recommending it for anyone 16 and older.

But the researchers stressed that all three vaccines, including the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson shots, provide strong protection against people getting so sick that they end up in the hospital.

The art installation, called In America: Remember, will be on display at the National Mall for more than two weeks. It honors the more than 660,000 lives lost to COVID-19 in the United States.

DeSantis has been critical of the Biden administration over its COVID-19 mitigation strategies.