FDOH issues new COVID-19 testing guidance
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 […]
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FDOH issues new COVID-19 testing guidance
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 increases access to COVID-19 testing
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 […]
Area hospitals experience COVID patient upswing
Gainesville hospitals are seeing a new surge in COVID-19 positive patients as the highly transmissible omicron variant continues to spread. In the Florida Department of Health’s […]
DeSantis vows to ramp up antibody treatment
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed on Monday to protect vulnerable citizens, keep businesses and schools open and to ramp up monoclonal antibody treatment availability around the […]
ACPS releases updated COVID safety protocols
Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) sent updated COVID safety protocols to school families as staff and students prepare for classes to resume on Tuesday. The recent […]
COVID testing wait time grows with surge
As COVID-19 surges in Alachua County, wait times for testing have lengthened to days, leaving some residents little choice but to travel to neighboring towns to […]
Alachua County weekly COVID cases top 2,000
Alachua County recorded 2,072 new COVID-19 cases this week as the county’s positivity rate increased seven fold from two weeks ago. The data came as part […]
VA tightens visitation policy amid omicron surge
The North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Healthcare System announced Thursday that it is tightening its visitation policies amid the omicron variant surge. “The recent arrival of the […]
Johnson & Johnson: Booster works against omicron
A recent study of 69,000 health workers in South Africa found a second shot of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is 85 percent effective at […]
U.S. health officials shorten COVID isolation time
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says if you test positive for COVID-19, you no longer need to isolate for 10 days—five will do […]
COVID-19 positivity rate doubles in Alachua County
It’s been one year since COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Florida, but the virus variants continue to move at a fast pace, causing the positivity rate in […]
What does omicron mean for future of pandemic?
The omicron variant of the coronavirus went from its first appearance in South Africa in mid-November to the strain responsible for at least 73 percent of all U.S. […]
WHO advises against blanket COVID-19 boosters
The World Health Organization’s director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned on Wednesday that vaccine booster programs could prolong the COVID-19 pandemic. Tedros said the programs divert supplies […]
Biden extends student loan payment freeze
More than 36 million Americans who have student loans that are held by the federal government will have until May 1 to resume paying them off. […]
UF study suggests correlation between COVID, ED
If the threat of death or severe disability isn’t enough to convince someone to get a COVID-19 vaccination, men can add this possible consequence of coronavirus […]
Data show boosters may protect against omicron
Moderna said Monday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine should offer protection against the omicron variant. Lab tests showed the half-dose booster shot increased […]
North Florida braces for new COVID surge
Local COVID-19 cases started rising last week, leading local health officials to believe another pandemic wave may be developing. According to UF Health Shands CEO Ed […]
Appeals court reinstates business vaccine mandate
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has the authority to impose COVID-19 vaccine-or-test requirements on U.S. workplaces, a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit […]
Judge partially reinstates healthcare vaccine rule
Healthcare workers in roughly half of U.S. states are now shielded from a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate, while those in the other half must get vaccinated by Jan. 4. […]
Local school vaccinations higher than expected
School participation in COVID-19 vaccine clinics has been better than expected, according to the Alachua County Department of Health (DOH). “We delivered a significant supply of […]
Pfizer claims booster can protect against omicron
Drugmaker Pfizer tested blood samples taken from patients a month after they received a COVID-19 booster shot and measured levels of antibodies that could fight the […]
UF Health joins study to test COVID-19 treatments
Researchers at UF Health and the OneFlorida+ Clinical Research Network have begun recruiting patients to a national study to learn if several existing prescription and over-the-counter […]
Judge stops vaccine mandate on federal contractors
A U.S. District Court has temporarily suspended a vaccine mandate for companies that contract with the U.S. government. Under a Biden administration directive, companies such as […]
Omicron reaches nearly one-third of U.S. states
The United States has identified several dozen cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects the number […]