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The state reported the most cases of the summer, although numbers remain far lower than in the previous three summers. Also, the state had 90,232 reported resident deaths due to the virus.
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Researchers are scratching their heads over the number of leprosy cases in Central Florida, leaving some to believe it may be endemic to the area.
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In backing a Leon County judge, the appeals court panel said the department had not demonstrated that the decision “would result in irreparable harm.”
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An appeals court Monday overturned a ruling that would have blocked Democrat Rebekah Jones from running for a Northwest Florida congressional seat.
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An appeals court Friday put on hold a circuit judge’s ruling that would block Democrat Rebekah Jones from running for a Northwest Florida congressional seat.
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The Florida Board of Medicine is slated to consider a proposal by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to bar physicians from providing treatments such as hormone therapy and puberty-blocking medication to transgender youths.
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County Health Departments in Florida will use a three-phase plan to distribute the limited supply of vaccines to groups deemed high-risk.
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A state agency in Florida wants to block Medicaid from covering gender affirming care, calling it experimental. But advocates for the transgender treatment say this care reduces depression and suicide.
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The head of Florida's American Academy of Pediatrics chapter says her public concerns about COVID-19 vaccine access for young children got her ousted from a board that runs the state's Healthy Kids Program.
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After the state threatened to impose a $27.5 million fine, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that the Special Olympics USA Games will not have a COVID-19 vaccination requirement this week in Orlando.
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A state investigation into allegations that the Florida Department of Health fudged COVID-19 case numbers to support Gov. Ron DeSantis’ effort to reopen the state after a shutdown in April 2020, has found no evidence of wrongdoing.
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Health officials says the risk of transmission remains low. A CDC epidemiologist says the illness appears to be circulating globally in parts of the gay community.