Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Floridians had watched as the virus spread worldwide. But now it had arrived in the nation’s third most populous state and brought ...

TAMPA, Fla. — As Florida makes national headlines for turning into the epicenter of COVID-19, data recently analyzed by Investigative Reporter Katie LaGrone suggests the pandemic’s most extreme ...

Coronavirus cases are spiking nationwide, and experts say Florida could be the next epicenter in the pandemic. That warning comes via Wednesday's projections from a model by scientists at Children's ...

TALLAHASSEE - The number of Florida resident deaths linked to COVID-19 this year is nearing 5,500, according to data posted on the state Department of Health website. Meanwhile, cases are the lowest ...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- A Florida sheriff is banning mask-wearing for all police officers and anyone visiting his offices -- despite the coronavirus pandemic and its devastating effect on the state.

A lesson at Central Avenue Elementary School in Kissimmee. The share of chronically absent students in that city was 43 percent last year, up from 34 percent pre-pandemic. Ivan Flores didn’t love ...

TAMPA, Fla. – The Florida Surgeon General expressed support for recent federal changes on mRNA COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and urged expanded attention to vaccine injuries during a news ...

TALLAHASSEE — Directed to investigate possible wrongdoing related to COVID-19 vaccines, a statewide grand jury released a report Tuesday that found “deceptive and obfuscatory behavior” that “straddled ...

The number of Florida residents whose deaths have been linked to COVID-19 this year continues to climb, with new state data showing the total heading toward 5,000. The data posted on the Florida ...

For many Floridians, the reality of COVID-19 began sinking in on March 1, 2020, a Sunday evening when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a public health emergency order after two people in the Tampa Bay-area ...