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Covid Cases Plummet 83% Among Nursing Home Staffers Despite Vaccine Hesitancy
By Melissa Bailey and Shoshana Dubnow
Joan Phillips, a certified nursing assistant in a Florida nursing home, loved her job but dreaded the danger [...]

Pasco and Pinellas BOCC Public Comment Center Around Mask Mandates
At both, the Pasco and Pinellas County BOCC meetings this week, frustration over wearing masks was the theme of public comments, which is also clearl [...]

Pinellas County Extends State of Emergency, Community Outreach Needed, Third Vaccine Expected
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - The local state of emergency ordered for COVID-19 in Pinellas County has been extended by the Board of County Commissioners u [...]

U.S. Sen. Cruz Sends Letter To Colleagues Opposing President Biden’s HHS Pick
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week sent a letter to his Senate colleagues urging them to oppose the nomination of Xavier Becerra, Presi [...]

Former Colorado Police Officer Sentenced on Sexual Assault Charges
Curtis Arganbright, 43, a former Westminster Police Department (WPD) officer, was sentenced today in federal court in Denver, Colorado, to 72 months [...]

Moffitt Cancer Center Announces First Phase of 775-Acre Campus Project in Pasco County, 14,500 Jobs
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - In a project that is expected to support more than 14,500 jobs in the region, the plans for the campus have released.
"The Pa [...]

Hillsborough County to Resume Vaccinating Age 65 and Older Starting Wednesday
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - Hillsborough County, in partnership with the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County, will begin the second r [...]

Man Who Found Lying on Gulf to Bay Dies From Injuries
CLEARWATER, Fla. - James Lamar Smith, 49, has been identified as the man who was found lying in the lanes of Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard at Old Coachman Ro [...]

Becerra, an HHS Nominee With Political Skill But No Front-Line Health Experience
By Rachana Pradhan , Angela Hart , Julie Rovner , and Jenny Gold
Xavier Becerra, President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to head the Department of Heal [...]

Senate Republicans Throw the Brakes on Timing for Becerra Hearings
By Emmarie Huetteman
Senate Republicans are signaling they will delay considering President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to run the Department of He [...]