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Additional COVID-19 Testing Sites Open Monday In Pinellas County
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL. - As the number of positive COVID-19 cases continue to rise, a no-appointment testing site will open in Pinellas on Monday, Aug. [...]
How CBD Sales Have Been Affected By The Covid-19 Pandemic
How CBD Sales Have Been Affected By The COVID-19 Pandemic
CBD sales were predicted to skyrocket in 2020 but things didn’t quite go to plan.
Ac [...]
Florida Gov. DeSantis Discusses Success Of Monoclonal Antibody Treatments For COVID-19
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis joined leaders from Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and the University of South Florida (USF) Health Morsani College of Med [...]
Florida Overdose Deaths Increased By 37 Percent In 2020, Second-Highest In Nation
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in July that drug overdose deaths rose by 30 percent across the country in 2020, setting [...]
COVID-19 Hospitalizations Reach Record Numbers In Florida
Sebastian Hughes
The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Florida reached record numbers on Sunday, topping the previous peak set over a yea [...]
McDonald’s Will Require All Workers And Customers To Wear Masks, Vaccinated Or Not
Ailan Evans
Fast food chain McDonald’s is requiring all its staff and customers, vaccinated and unvaccinated, to resume wearing masks in its rest [...]
BayCare Pauses Elective Procedures In All Hillsborough Hospitals, Polk County For Inpatient Stays
In response to rising COVID-19 infections across West Central Florida, BayCare on Tuesday will tighten its temporary visitation rules at its 14 acute [...]
Florida And Delaware Data Dump Distorts Spike In COVID Death Numbers
A huge spike in nationwide COVID-19 deaths recorded Friday by Johns Hopkins University (JHU) was skewed by states dumping bulk data, and in one case, [...]
Hillsborough To Require Face Masks In County Facilities Regardless Of Vaccination Status
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. - Effective Monday, Aug. 2, new guidelines will require face coverings in County facilities at all times regardless of vacci [...]
Tampa Mayor And TGH Doctor Sound Warning On Surging COVID
TAMPA, FL. - Tampa Mayor Jane Castor today released a video of a conversation with Dr. Jason Wilson, a Tampa General emergency room doctor, hoping to [...]