While new state and county COVID-positive cases continue to see a significant decrease, Gainesville hospitalization numbers are plateauing and showing signs they will also decline further. […]
Reported COVID-19 cases in Florida followed the national trend of declining this week. According to Florida Department of Health data released Friday, the state recorded 132,622 […]
Millions of Americans already received the shot, which will go by brand name Spikevax, under emergency authorization. The decision from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) […]
New COVID-19 positive cases show the omicron variant wave may have finally crested statewide and locally. Both the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) and Gainesville’s hospitals […]
Pfizer and partner BioNTech are enrolling nearly 1,500 healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine for effectiveness against the omicron variant. While the World Health […]
The Biden administration has withdrawn sweeping COVID-19 regulations it proposed for all U.S. businesses with 100 employees or more. The Supreme Court on Jan. 13 blocked […]
All monoclonal antibody sites in Florida are now closed after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration narrowed its emergency use authorization, eliminating treatments “unlikely to be […]
While the rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations moderately increased by 9 percent since last week, Gainesville hospital officials still say the patient number hasn’t peaked. According to […]
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown of Texas issued a nationwide injunction Friday, ruling the government cannot enforce a requirement that more than 3.5 million federal employees […]
Citing concerns of widespread COVID-19 infection, the Olympics organizing committee shortened the torch relay to only three days. The flame will be displayed in enclosed venues, […]
COVID-19 cases are on the decline in Alachua County and across Florida as predicted by experts at the University of Florida. Researchers updated the model and […]
Addressing student mental well-being and making up for learning loss are top priorities for parents, teachers and students in Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS), according to […]
Omicron continues to push Gainesville hospitalization numbers to their highest levels since early September. As of Tuesday, UF Health Shands Hospital and North Florida Regional Medical […]
The American Health Care Association, which represents more than 14,000 nursing homes nationwide, found that as of Jan. 9, the daily average number of COVID-19 cases among nursing […]
Area COVID-positive patients have more than doubled since last week, but hospital officials report admittance rates are finally slowing and may plateau soon. According to a […]
The nation’s highest court blocked the Biden administration’s order that employees at large businesses must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or test weekly and wear masks. The […]
As cases of the omicron variant continue to surge, two federal agencies have approved booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-old children. […]
A model by the University of Washington estimates the wave of COVID-19 infection in the United States brought on by the omicron variant has crested and will […]
Omicron’s end may be in sight. Despite unprecedented positive case numbers, the latest data show COVID-19 cases in Florida and Alachua County are climbing at a […]
The nation’s highest court heard more than three hours of oral arguments in person on Friday about the constitutionality of two federal vaccine mandates. Lawyers representing businesses […]
Continuing recent trends, U.S. airlines canceled more than 1,300 flights nationwide on Thursday due to workers calling in sick with the coronavirus. The shortages track with […]
The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) updated its COVID-19 testing guidance and recommendations on Thursday. Statewide COVID-positive cases have increased significantly over the past three weeks […]
UF is increasing testing availability in response to rising cases locally and nationally. In the Florida Department of Health’s weekly report released on Friday, Alachua County’s 2,072 […]