Feds recommend pausing Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Apr 13, 2021
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said they were investigating potentially dangerous blood clots in six […]
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Feds recommend pausing Johnson & Johnson vaccine
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said they were investigating potentially dangerous blood clots in six […]
Opioid awareness: The family’s perspective
Apr 9, 2021
More than 85,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in the 12-month period ending in August 2020, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control […]
5,200 score vaccine shot at Monday stadium event
Apr 5, 2021
A push to vaccinate 20,000 people per week for six weeks got off to a running start Monday when more than 5,200 University of Florida students […]
Is Gainesville up for a face mask design challenge?
Apr 5, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is offering $500,000 in prizes for top entries in Mask Innovation Challenge with marching orders for entrants to […]
Yoga meets beer in High Springs
Apr 5, 2021
Yoga instructor Kori Brooks is on her tippy toes bowing forward with both arms stretched out behind her and pointed toward the sky. The pose, known […]
Opioid awareness: The addict’s perspective
Apr 2, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported preliminary data showing more than 85,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in the 12-month period ending in […]
UF plans huge stadium vaccination event Monday
Apr 2, 2021
UF Health and the Florida Department of Health in Alachua County are teaming up to hold a major vaccination event at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on […]
New study shows lung transplant outcomes for COVID survivors
Apr 1, 2021
The UF Health lung transplant team has collaborated with researchers around the world to identify preliminary guidelines for successful transplantation in patients whose lungs have been […]
DeSantis signs COVID-19 liability shield law
Mar 30, 2021
Time limits and who carries the burden of proof in COVID-19 liability lawsuits were locked in on Monday as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a COVID-19 […]
UF students to participate in landmark COVID-19 study
Mar 29, 2021
The University of Florida will attempt to vaccinate more than 1,000 students as part of a landmark national study to determine whether young people who have […]
Veteran caregivers, spouses now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine
Mar 26, 2021
The North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System (NF/SGVHS) is now offering the COVID-19 vaccine to the spouses and caregivers of all veterans currently receiving care at […]
Sheriff urges continued COVID-19 vigilance
Mar 26, 2021
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the last week has brought a flurry of news that indicates the end may be in sight. Florida became one […]
LifeSouth says local blood supply at critical level
Mar 26, 2021
LifeSouth Community Blood Centers has issued an urgent call for blood citing critically low supply levels in the Gainesville area. LifeSouth defines an emergency need as […]
U.S. vaccination rollout hits milestones
Mar 25, 2021
The United States is recording about 50,000 new cases of COVID-19 per day, but the number of average daily deaths from the disease has dropped below […]
DeSantis: Vaccine access to expand to Floridians 18+
Mar 25, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced that all residents 18 and older will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine by April 5. “We’ve now vaccinated […]
BOCC may let emergency order expire next month
Mar 24, 2021
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will convene on April 13 and hopes to make a decision at that meeting to end the emergency […]
Gainesville screens still dark as Regal relaunches
Mar 24, 2021
Three Regal movie theaters in Gainesville went dark last March, then lit up again in time for the Empire Strikes Back 40th anniversary in September. Then […]
Vaccine opens to 50+ residents in Alachua County
Mar 23, 2021
The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) in Alachua County has opened COVID-19 vaccine appointments to residents age 50 and older, following the latest guidelines from Gov. […]
UF Health team performs state’s first triple-organ transplant
Mar 23, 2021
If surgery were gymnastics, a triple-organ transplant would be a feat worthy of the Olympics. It has everything: Complex and intricate procedure? Check. Frequency of pre-existing […]
DeSantis: COVID-19 vaccine will open to 50+ Monday
Mar 19, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has opened COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to residents 50 years old and up starting on Monday, March 22. Alachua County residents can register […]
FDA clears UF cancer drug for clinical trials
Mar 18, 2021
An anticancer drug developed by researchers from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy has become the first drug of its kind allowed to proceed to […]
IRS pushes back tax filing deadline to May 17
Mar 18, 2021
Americans won’t need to finish their income tax paperwork this year until May 17. The IRS is pushing back the 2021 federal filing deadline from its […]
Columbia County opens 18+ vaccine registration
Mar 16, 2021
The Columbia County Health Department is inviting Columbia residents 18 and older to begin signing up now to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis […]
VA drops appointments, age requirements for vaccines
Mar 15, 2021
This week the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System is holding walk-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics with no age requirement in Gainesville and Lake City. “Vaccines will […]