The state's two-week COVID report also showed the total number of residents who have died from COVID-19 is 82,875.

Health experts are encouraging people to get the booster to help prevent another holiday surge, but many people have not answered the call.

The clinics have popped up all over the country, but doctors still don't know the best way to treat these patients, whose symptoms can vary dramatically.

The WHO chief remains optimistic but urges caution, noting that testing and sequencing rates remain low, vaccination gaps between rich and poor countries are still wide, and new variants continue to proliferate.

The Department of Health report showed that the state had 12,336 reported new cases of COVID from Oct. 28 through Thursday and 10,798 reported cases the previous week.

Court records don't show details of the settlement between the commission and Vanessa Baugh.

Attorneys filed an initial brief after the 2nd District Court of Appeal refused to dismiss a potential class-action lawsuit alleging USF breached a contract with a student and improperly kept fees.

The Florida Department of Health found that influenza cases from August to September were higher than expected, which could be an indication of an above-average season. Meantime, COVID continues to linger.

The White House announced the initiative this week as part of President Joe Biden’s push to increase COVID vaccinations and treatments to slow a possible fall and winter surge.

For many districts, it was a feat just to hold even, as achieved by Hillsborough County, where average scores for fourth-grade reading and math held steady.

The state Department of Health report showed that numbers of new COVID cases have remained relatively low during October.

A new report finds that deaths related to childbirth complications-spiked nearly 80% since 2018, with COVID-19 being a factor in a quarter of the 1,178 deaths reported last year.