June 22, 2020 By: Staff Report GENOA – An Italian based infectious disease doctor, believes the COVID-19 virus has become less dangerous and could even dissipate on its own, without a vaccine. Dr. Matteo Bassetti is the head of the infectious diseases clinic based in Genoa, said ‘the virus…
Read More COVID-19 Cases Climb, But Is the Virus Weakening?
June 22, 2020 By Sarah McCormick TAMPA – The Food and Drug Administration is urging consumers to check their hand sanitizer supply to see if they have any products manufactured by Eskbiochem SA de CV, a company out of Mexico. Nine of their hand sanitizer…
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June 22, 2020 By Sarah McCormick TAMPA – The Florida Department of Health has updated its daily COVID-19 case count with the following information being released for Hillsborough and Pasco Counties. HILLSBOROUGH Total Cases: 5, 973 Deaths: 115 Hospitalizations: 574 Residents, 8 Non-Residents PASCO Total…
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June 21, 2020 By: Staff Report First Lady encourages all Floridians, including health care workers and first responders, to take advantage of free mental health support Tallahassee, Fla. — Under the leadership of Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis, mental health awareness has been…
Read More First Lady Casey DeSantis Highlights State Agencies’ Mental Health Response During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
June 20, 2020 By: Sarah McCormick PASCO COUNTY Fla. – The Florida Department of Health reported Saturday that a 17- year old Pasco County teen has passed away from COVID-19. The information released from the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) on Saturday, states they are…
Read More 17 Year Old Pasco County Teen Dies From COVID-19
May 27, 2020 By: Kimberly Moore, Special to The Free Press DADE CITY – Dwight Sawinski, 73, was rushed to the hospital on May 11th with a fever, flu symptoms, and an altered mental status. Doctors intubated the Marine Corps veteran and put him in…
Read More Remembered- COVID-19 Deaths in Pasco County
June 20, 2020By Kimberly C. Moore- Special to The Free Press TAMPA — Birdie Eileen Williams Underwood, 71, devoted her life to teaching elementary school children; Juan Toledo, 69, was a husband, father and retired baker, who lost his son and namesake six years ago;…
Read More Medical Examiner Case Summaries Show Earliest COVID Patients Sent Home or Not Tested
June 18, 2020 By: Deborah Childress The big-picture COVID-19 case trend for Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk counties indicates a considerable uptick in residents and non-residents testing positive for the virus from June 8to June 16, 2020, compared to the month of May and the first…
Read More Locally the COVID-19 Uptick Continues
June 17, 2020 By Staff Report Coronavirus cases are spiking, but hospitalizations and deaths are trending downward. Hillsborough County health officials say people 34 and younger represent the biggest increase lately. In the last seven days, there have been 14,109 new confirmed cases of COVID-19…
Read More COVID-19 Florida Sets New Record For Most New Cases In a Day
June 15, 2020 By: Sarah McCormick Hydroxychloroquine, along with its counterpart chloroquine, has been revoked for use as an emergency treatment measure in the fight against COVID-19. The drug touted by President Donald Trump, which has shown promising results across the country as an effective…
Read More FDA Pulls Hydroxychloroquine Citing Cardiac Concerns