California and Florida had similar cumulative COVID-19 death rates in the first few months of the pandemic. But Florida’s rate accelerated faster starting in summer 2020 as the state more ...

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked high absenteeism in public schools statewide, and five years later thousands of students miss weeks of school each year. Nearly a third of students locally and ...

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. ... Meanwhile, since March 2020, almost 100,000 people have died of COVID-19 in Florida.

Along with almost 100,000 dead in Florida from COVID-19, the virus' imprint on schools, ... On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

Students from Orange, Osceola, Lake and Seminole county public schools mirrored the state trend passing the exams at rates ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a five-part series called “How Florida got so conservative.” Florida’s coronavirus pandemic policies have accelerated the state’s shift to ...

Absenteeism across Florida skyrocketed beginning with that COVID-19 interlude — and, confounding experts’ predictions and defying educators’ hopes, it hasn’t come back down.

COVID-19 pandemic tanked Visit Florida's return on investment, report says With tourists back at beaches, theme parks and other attractions, the analysis projects that Visit Florida’s economic ...

Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

In the war against coronavirus, doctors and nurses do battle not only against the virus but their own exhaustion. We go inside a Florida hospital to document these medical heroes.

Adam Sandler’s back for take two in Southwest Florida. He’s scheduled to perform his funny songs and stand-up comedy this ...