cURRENT covid19 nEWS

• Florida pastor, son charged with bank fraud | TFC News Florida, USA - YouTube January 28, 2023
  64-year-old Evan Edwards and his 30-year-old son Josh are accused of fraudulently obtaining $8.4 million in Covid-19 relief funds.
• Comparison of COVID-19 Outcomes With Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Prevalence in Europe January 28, 2023
  Introduction We hypothesized that the geographic distributions of COVID-19 and alpha-1 antitrypsin alleles prevalence are similar.
• Extra SNAP benefits that began due to COVID set to end next month in 32 states January 28, 2023
  WASHINGTON - Extra benefits to the federal food stamp program that were enacted as part of the COVID-19 pandemic are set to end soon in dozens of ...
• UF College of Pharmacy celebrates centennial year - The Independent Florida Alligator January 28, 2023
  Photo by Caia Reese | The Independent Florida Alligator ... After a three-year hiatus following the COVID-19 pandemic, around 200 people attended ...
• Running on Ice: Florida makes headlines again - FreightWaves January 28, 2023
  Jacksonville, Florida, is gaining more ground as a cold chain powerhouse. ... has faced during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as into the future.
• Florida man wins $1M on scratch-off lotto ticket after being cut in line at Publix January 28, 2023
  A Florida man looking for luck found it last week when a cut in line resulted in a winning million-dollar ... Is the COVID-19 pandemic over?
• President picks Jeff Zients as his next White House chief of staff - Florida Politics January 28, 2023
  Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. ... an experienced technocrat who headed his administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as Biden ...
• Annual shots could be future of COVID-19 vaccine | West Central Florida January 28, 2023
  The FDA will hear from outside experts on the proposed plan during a scheduled meeting Thursday. (27 Jan 2023, 01:15 pm)
• COVID cases. hospitalizations: Brevard remains community of low levels - Florida Today January 28, 2023
  COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations fall slightly, keeping Brevard community of low levels. While cases dropped, the XBB1.5 variant remained dominant ...
• Darryl Benjamin: What it's like to move to Florida as a liberal - VTDigger January 28, 2023
  “Are you aware that Donald Trump killed over 650,000 people through his lies and inaction about Covid?” I asked. “No he didn't,” she said.
• Manatee Commissioner reaches settlement over ethics complaint related to vaccine event January 28, 2023
  Vanessa Baugh secured COVID-19 vaccine appointments for herself and four others at a site she helped organize in 2021. The Florida Ethics Commission ...
• Florida COVID weekly update: Miami-Dade drops to medium risk of transmission January 28, 2023
  What is the COVID-19 situation like in Florida? The average number of cases and decreased in the latest seven-day period in the state.
• University of Florida Provost Joe Glover intends to step down after record 15-year tenure January 27, 2023
  Alongside President Kent Fuchs, who is this week finishing his own tenure, Glover played a vital role in the university's handling of the COVID-19 ...
• FCC IMPROVING SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL HEALTH IN RURAL AMERICA January 27, 2023
  Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report ... NIH to study long-term effects of COVID-19 in pregnancy. 11/02/2021 ...
• If COVID vaccines got updated annually like flu shots, would you get one every year? January 27, 2023
  Christine Barkett receives her third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at C.B. Smith Park in Pembroke Pines, Florida, on Friday, ...
• Molina Healthcare focuses on mental health care in wake of Hurricane Ian, COVID-19 January 27, 2023
  The panel featured state lawmaker Rep. Sam Garrison, Molina Healthcare of Florida Plan President Mike Jones, Florida Behavioral Health Association ...