Alachua school district joins fight against DOH rule
Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) has joined five other school districts in asking a court to deem the recent Department of Health emergency rule invalid. According […]
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Alachua school district joins fight against DOH rule
Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) has joined five other school districts in asking a court to deem the recent Department of Health emergency rule invalid. According […]
NIH director announces resignation
On Tuesday National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Francis Collins announced he will step down from his position by the end of the year. Collins, 71, […]
Will we ever reach herd immunity?
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials, government leaders, and media reports have discussed reaching herd immunity—when enough people have become immune to a […]
UF joins infant, children brain development study
The University of Florida is one of a network of institutions selected to implement the National Institutes of Health’s HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study […]
Parents file petition against SBAC mask policy
Parents from Duval and Alachua counties have filed a petition asking the First District Court of Appeal to order the school boards to follow the law […]
Alachua County schools update quarantine rules
Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) announced updated contact tracing and quarantine procedures for students starting Monday. The new policy comes as the Centers for Disease Control […]
UF scientists examine COVID using lung tissue
Scientists can grow individual cell lines in a dish and study how the coronavirus infects them. And that’s useful as far as it goes. In a […]
ACPS dismisses effort to stop mask enforcement
Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) received a letter Wednesday demanding that the district immediately abandon its mask mandate policy within 24 hours or be faced with […]
County health to expand primary care hours
The Florida Department of Health in Alachua County will be expanding hours of operation next month as a result of the approval of a $500,000 funding […]
Alachua County mask mandate set to expire
An emergency action requiring face mask wearing while indoors in public spaces in Alachua County expires on Thursday. The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) […]
VA offers COVID booster shots starting Wednesday
Starting Wednesday, the North Florida/ South Georgia Veterans Health System (NF/SGVHS) will begin offering Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster shots under the Emergency Use Authorization. This decision follows […]
UF: Long COVID continues to plague victims
The symptoms of COVID-19 can be terrible enough in the days and weeks after infection by the coronavirus. Many people, however, soon discover the microscopic invader […]
LifeSouth celebrates new donor center
LifeSouth Community Blood Centers will cut the ribbon on its new location in the Steeplechase Publix shopping center off of Newberry Road this Thursday from 4 […]
Gainesville votes to reconsider vaccine mandate
The Gainesville City Commission voted 6-1 Thursday afternoon to reconsider its vaccine mandate, one day after a local judge issued an injunction to stop it. As […]
GPD Co-Responder Teams spearhead mental health response
Corporal Shelley Postle remembers blocking traffic at SE Williston Road and SE 16th Avenue in East Gainesville as cars slowed and stopped to avoid a wreck. […]
New surgeon general alters school COVID policies
New Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo issued an emergency rule Wednesday letting parents decide if their asymptomatic children should quarantine after exposure to someone who […]
Court halts Gainesville’s vaccine mandate
An Alachua County judge has issued an emergency injunction barring Gainesville from enforcing its vaccine mandate for employees and contractors. Judge Monica Brasington of Florida’s Eighth […]
DeSantis appoints new UF professor surgeon general
Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Dr. Joseph Ladapo, a new UF professor, as Florida’s next surgeon general and secretary of the Department of Health on Tuesday. Ladapo […]
UF: Allergies shouldn’t prevent COVID vaccination
Getting a vaccination against COVID-19 makes sense for just about everybody. Vaccines remain highly effective in preventing infection, severe disease and hospitalization. Unvaccinated Americans are 11 […]
Court set to rule on city’s vaccine mandate
An Eighth Circuit Court judge said Monday she expects to rule quickly on a preliminary injunction involving Gainesville’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees and contractors. Jeff […]
UF presents East Gainesville urgent care plan
UF Health presented its plan for an East Gainesville urgent care facility to both the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners and the Gainesville City Commission […]
Florida, feds tussle over monoclonal supply
The Biden administration announced this week that it is handing control of the monoclonal antibody supply chain to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]
UF expert discusses COVID booster
As the delta variant of the coronavirus persists, federal officials are urgently studying the safety and effectiveness of a third dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines as […]
Florida files brief in Gainesville vaccine case
The Florida Attorney General’s Office has filed a brief in support of workers who are challenging Gainesville’s vaccine requirement for city employees, claiming the mandate will […]