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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced an initiative to increase access to at-home COVID testing, delivering about a million self-administered units, first to nursing homes and then to senior centers.
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Amid the delay in the roll-out of Biden’s plan, DeSantis appears to be pushing for a race with the federal government to get tests shipped out first.
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The U.S. hit a new record high for infections in a single day on Monday, with 1,082,549 new cases recorded. Hospitalizations are also on the rise, but not at the same rate.
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Joseph Ladapo made the comments following the Biden administration's plan to make more at-home coronavirus tests available, while Gov. Ron DeSantis pointed to residents who get tested "multiple times per week" without symptoms.
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The investment is a response to an ongoing national shortage and follows a $2 billion investment in September to supply rapid tests to community health centers, food banks and schools.
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OSHA, the small, chronically understaffed federal agency in charge of workplace safety, now faces a big challenge: enforcing a federal vaccine rule covering 80 million workers.
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Though infections are still sky-high, the U.S. may be turning a corner, according to a consortium of researchers who forecast the pandemic. And we may well be spared a winter surge.
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After a year and a half of being COVID-cautious, a fully vaccinated health journalist thought he could finally travel and socialize this summer. The resulting illness didn't feel "mild" at all.
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Beds are filling up in at one of the busiest hospitals in Palm Beach County with the majority of the COVID-positive patients being unvaccinated people. Health officials urge vaccination to help combat the surge.
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Beginning the week of Aug. 16, Levine Cava said, the county will require weekly COVID testing of all Miami-Dade employees, a workforce of about 29,000 people. Those employees who wish to opt out, she said, can show proof of vaccination.
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This post will be updated today, Friday, June 25, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.
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The first hospital in Florida to treat a patient with COVID-19 has a new line of defense. She's a 2-year-old Labrador retriever, trained to sniff out the smell a human body gives off when it's fighting the disease.