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COVID’s still here. So is the vaccine. | Editorial
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCOVID-19 still poses a risk, especially to Florida’s large senior population. So why ask for trouble by avoiding the vaccine? Getting the updated dose is quick and easy. Nursing homes in particular ...
Tampa Bay has low COVID levels, but the virus is rising in Florida
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTampa Bay counties have a low risk of COVID-19 for now, but cases and hospitalizations are rising statewide. Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties each have weekly virus rates of fewer than ...
Florida has low rate of nursing home residents getting new COVID shot
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFlorida’s nursing home residents are among the most vulnerable to COVID-19. But less than a third of them have gotten new vaccines tailored to better combat virus variants — even as deaths and ...
How to get a monkeypox vaccine in Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis story has been updated with the latest information on who can get a vaccine. As Tampa Bay and the nation grapple with an outbreak of monkeypox, the Florida Department of Health is prioritizing ...
Will Tampa Bay see a winter COVID surge? Here’s what to know.
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor the past two years, COVID-19 has surged in Tampa Bay during the holidays. Cases soared as the...
Florida COVID-19 hospitalizations spike; new subvariant emerges
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCOVID-19 hospitalizations are spiking in Florida, but there’s good news as the state weathers another winter uptick of the virus. The number of new hospital admissions is far below what the ...
Dog virus forces quarantine at Jacksonville animal shelter; strays won't be accepted
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWith one shelter dog testing positive for a contagious respiratory virus and a second showing mild...
Hillsborough County reports first 3 cases of monkeypox
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThree monkeypox cases have been reported in Hillsborough County — the first time the viral disease has been detected in the county during the current global outbreak. The infected people have ...
What happened to monkeypox in Florida?
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOver the summer, Florida faced a growing viral outbreak that was causing thousands of infections and alarming public health experts. It wasn’t COVID-19 (although the pandemic pathogen was still ...
Florida has third-highest monkeypox case count in U.S.
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFlorida has the third-highest number of monkeypox cases in the United States, and pressure is mounting on Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a state of emergency. Florida cases have more than doubled ...
