William Marlow
WUSF/Health News Florida internWilliam Marlow is the WUSF/Health News Florida intern for the summer of 2021.
Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, William is a recent graduate from Samford University, and has a BA in Journalism and Mass Communication.
During college, he worked as news editor and then managing editor for his university’s campus newspaper, The Samford Crimson, and was recently named College Journalist of the Year at the 2020 Southeast Journalism Conference.
Marlow has a special interest in covering underreported communities. In 2018, he partnered with 100 Days in Appalachia and his university to address news coverage inequities in Alabama.
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Those who end up in a hospital for COVID-19 are more than twice as likely to be hospitalized in the future for additional health problems related to a COVID-19 complication, researchers found. -
The researchers are looking at how a variety of external risk factors, like diet, stress and exposure to pollution or viruses, can help cause Type 1 diabetes. -
The state has vaccinated 64 percent of those over the age of 18, but vaccine hesitancy continues to be a barrier, especially among younger Floridians. -
Said one health official: “Now that it has a foothold in Florida, it's just a matter of time before it becomes dominant. So it’s very concerning.” -
The report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation looks at several factors such as income levels, education and access to health care. -
The coronavirus pandemic has caused nurses to leave the profession or retire and federal officials estimate there will be a need for 1.1 million new nurses by 2022. -
Atria Senior Living operates nine assisted living communities in Florida and has been mandating that all employees get vaccinated since January. -
Researchers are looking to enroll 7,600 people in the cognitive training study, including 3,000 in the greater Tampa Bay region.
