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Austrian woman is found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19
Read full article: Austrian woman is found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19A woman in Austria has been found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19 in 2021, her second pandemic-related conviction in a year, according to local media.
Celine Dion makes musical comeback at Paris Olympics with Eiffel Tower serenade
Read full article: Celine Dion makes musical comeback at Paris Olympics with Eiffel Tower serenadeCeline Dion made a triumphant return Friday with a very public performance, closing out the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony from the Eiffel Tower.
‘A lot of tripling:’ AdventHealth sees spike in COVID-19 cases amid summer surge
Read full article: ‘A lot of tripling:’ AdventHealth sees spike in COVID-19 cases amid summer surgeAccording to AdventHealth, the number of cases coming into Centra Care has significantly increased. Last month, the average was 250 cases a week. There were 750 cases just last week alone.
CORONAVIRUS TIMELINE
Supreme Court rejects COVID-19 vaccine appeals from nonprofit founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Read full article: Supreme Court rejects COVID-19 vaccine appeals from nonprofit founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.The Supreme Court on Monday rejected two appeals related to COVID-19 vaccines from Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Biden and Trump ask voters if they're 'better off' than they were 4 years ago. It's complicated
Read full article: Biden and Trump ask voters if they're 'better off' than they were 4 years ago. It's complicatedBoth former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are posing the time-tested question “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?”.
COVID pandemic hit Florida hard 4 years ago today. Here’s what happened in March 2020
Read full article: COVID pandemic hit Florida hard 4 years ago today. Here’s what happened in March 2020Life changed drastically four years ago when shutdowns, closures and more took over as the coronavirus situation picked up.
Walgreens to pay $275,000 to settle allegations in Vermont about service during pandemic
Read full article: Walgreens to pay $275,000 to settle allegations in Vermont about service during pandemicWalgreens has agreed to pay $275,000 to settle allegations about service in some of the national pharmacy chain's Vermont stores during the coronavirus pandemic.
Carnival ruled negligent over cruise where 662 passengers got COVID-19 early in pandemic
Read full article: Carnival ruled negligent over cruise where 662 passengers got COVID-19 early in pandemicA cruise operator that failed to cancel a voyage from Sydney that led to a COVID-19 outbreak has been ruled negligent in an Australian class-action case.
17 Florida sheriff’s deputies accused of stealing about $500,000 in pandemic relief funds
Read full article: 17 Florida sheriff’s deputies accused of stealing about $500,000 in pandemic relief fundsSeventeen Florida sheriff’s deputies have appeared in court on charges that they stole about half a million dollars in pandemic relief funds.
Florida settles lawsuit over COVID data, agrees to provide weekly stats to the public
Read full article: Florida settles lawsuit over COVID data, agrees to provide weekly stats to the publicFlorida will provide COVID-19 data to the public again after a former Democratic state representative settled a lawsuit with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration over the decision two years ago to stop sharing information on the virus’ spread online.
Britain's COVID-19 response inquiry enters a second phase with political decisions in the spotlight
Read full article: Britain's COVID-19 response inquiry enters a second phase with political decisions in the spotlightBritain's inquiry into the response to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the nation has entered the second phase with political decision-making taking center stage.
Your Florida Daily: State surgeon general bucks CDC, man arrested after antisemitic display
Read full article: Your Florida Daily: State surgeon general bucks CDC, man arrested after antisemitic displayFlorida's top doctor is now going against the CDC when it comes to the updated vaccine for COVID-19.
New COVID-19 vaccine shot should be available soon, pharmacies say
Read full article: New COVID-19 vaccine shot should be available soon, pharmacies sayThe CDC recommended Tuesday that everyone get the updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against the virus this fall and winter, a day after the FDA gave the green light on the new vaccine.
To mask or not to mask? Biden goes both ways after first lady tests positive for COVID-19
Read full article: To mask or not to mask? Biden goes both ways after first lady tests positive for COVID-19President Joe Biden turned up in a mask for the first time in months on Tuesday, a day after his wife tested positive for COVID-19.
Court rejects UCF pandemic-shutdown lawsuits
Read full article: Court rejects UCF pandemic-shutdown lawsuitsAn appeals court Friday rejected two lawsuits alleging the University of Central Florida should be required to refund money to students because of a campus shutdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Justice Department announces charges against hundreds of alleged COVID-19 fraudsters
Read full article: Justice Department announces charges against hundreds of alleged COVID-19 fraudstersHundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday.
UK was ill-prepared for pandemic because resources were diverted to Brexit, ex-health chief says
Read full article: UK was ill-prepared for pandemic because resources were diverted to Brexit, ex-health chief saysBritain's former health secretary has told an official inquiry that the U.K. was ill-prepared for a pandemic partly because government resources had been diverted away from pandemic planning to brace for a possibly chaotic no-deal Brexit.
Now that the pandemic is ‘over,’ we want to know how it changed your life
Read full article: Now that the pandemic is ‘over,’ we want to know how it changed your lifeThe World Health organization declared earlier this month that the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer an emergency, putting a three-year end to the virus that killed at least 7 million people and turned the world upside down.
Japan to lift COVID-19 border controls before holiday week
Read full article: Japan to lift COVID-19 border controls before holiday weekJapan will lift most of its coronavirus border controls, including a requirement that entrants show proof of three vaccinations or a pre-departure negative test, beginning Saturday as the country’s Golden Week holiday season begins and a large influx of foreign tourists is expected.
Hearing in case of ex-Florida lawmaker accused of COVID loan fraud to discuss plea change
Read full article: Hearing in case of ex-Florida lawmaker accused of COVID loan fraud to discuss plea changeA change of plea hearing has been set for next week in the case of Joseph Harding, a former Florida representative who faces charges related to COVID-19 loan fraud.
Florida woman funded lavish lifestyle with stolen COVID funds, feds say
Read full article: Florida woman funded lavish lifestyle with stolen COVID funds, feds sayA Florida woman — who authorities say chartered a private jet to fly her cross-country with some of the more than $1 million in federal coronavirus relief funds that she fraudulently obtained by using stolen identities — has pleaded guilty.
UK health chief's leaked messages revive raw pandemic debate
Read full article: UK health chief's leaked messages revive raw pandemic debateCOVID-19 has shot back into the headlines in Britain through the leak of more than 100,000 private messages sent or received by the health minister as the government scrambled to respond to the new respiratory virus.
Ex-UK health chief defends record after COVID messages leak
Read full article: Ex-UK health chief defends record after COVID messages leakBritain’s former health minister is denying wrongdoing after a newspaper published extracts of private messages he sent in the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic.
GOP launches probe into COVID origins with letter to Fauci
Read full article: GOP launches probe into COVID origins with letter to FauciHouse Republicans have kicked off an investigation into the origins of COVID-19 by issuing a series of letters to current and former Biden administration officials for documents and testimony.
More Americans apply for jobless benefits last week
Read full article: More Americans apply for jobless benefits last weekMore Americans filed for jobless benefits last week, but layoffs remain historically low despite the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate policy intended to cool the economy and bring down inflation.
EXPLAINER: How will we know if the U.S. is in recession?
Read full article: EXPLAINER: How will we know if the U.S. is in recession?A second consecutive quarter of economic growth underscored Thursday that the nation isn’t in a recession despite high inflation and the Federal Reserve’s fastest pace of interest rate hikes in four decades.
FDA’s advisers back plan to simplify COVID-19 vaccinations
Read full article: FDA’s advisers back plan to simplify COVID-19 vaccinationsThe U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot, a major shift in strategy despite a long list of questions about how to best protect against a still rapidly mutating virus.
3 get life in slaying of store guard over face mask order
Read full article: 3 get life in slaying of store guard over face mask orderA married couple and their son convicted of first-degree premeditated murder in the fatal shooting of a security guard who demanded the woman’s daughter wear a mask while shopping have been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Florida high school graduation rate exceeds pre-pandemic levels after 0.4% rise, state says
Read full article: Florida high school graduation rate exceeds pre-pandemic levels after 0.4% rise, state saysThe Florida Department of Education celebrated an overall improvement in the state’s high school graduation rate since the 2018-19 school year.
UF claims no standing to review faculty’s critique of Ladapo’s ‘cherry picking’ vaccine guidance
Read full article: UF claims no standing to review faculty’s critique of Ladapo’s ‘cherry picking’ vaccine guidanceA group of University of Florida medical-school faculty members challenged controversial guidance by state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on COVID-19 vaccinations, but a university official said Wednesday the guidance is outside the scope of Ladapo’s work with the school.
DeSantis joins Republican governors’ call to end COVID-19 emergency declaration
Read full article: DeSantis joins Republican governors’ call to end COVID-19 emergency declarationGov. Ron DeSantis last week joined 24 other Republican governors in asking President Joe Biden to end a COVID-19 emergency declaration that has helped lead to a surge in enrollment in Florida’s Medicaid program.
Florida high court OKs grand jury probe of COVID-19 vaccines
Read full article: Florida high court OKs grand jury probe of COVID-19 vaccinesThe Florida Supreme Court will convene a grand jury at Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' request to investigate any wrongdoing with respect to the COVID-19 vaccines.
Florida governor calls special election for seat of former lawmaker indicted in SBA scheme
Read full article: Florida governor calls special election for seat of former lawmaker indicted in SBA schemeFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed an executive order that set dates in 2023 for a special election in House District 24.
Loved or hated, Fauci’s parting advice: Stick to the science
Read full article: Loved or hated, Fauci’s parting advice: Stick to the scienceDr. Anthony Fauci is excited by the prospect of next-generation coronavirus vaccines but worried about health misinformation as he prepares to step down at the end of the month.
Fewer Americans apply for jobless benefits last week
Read full article: Fewer Americans apply for jobless benefits last weekThe number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week, a sign that the labor market remains strong even as the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates in an effort to cool the economy and slow inflation.
White House reveals winter COVID-19 plans, more free tests
Read full article: White House reveals winter COVID-19 plans, more free testsThe Biden administration is once more making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it unveils its contingency plans for potential coronavirus surges this winter.
Pastor, son arrested in Florida in $8 million COVID scheme, records show
Read full article: Pastor, son arrested in Florida in $8 million COVID scheme, records showA pastor and his son were arrested after collecting more than $8 million in coronavirus relief aid in 2020 with a fraudulent ministry, according to new documents.
The story so far: AP's investigation into federal prisons
Read full article: The story so far: AP's investigation into federal prisonsAn ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Justice Department’s largest law enforcement agency, the federal Bureau of Prisons.
‘Tripledemic:’ COVID, flu, RSV taxing health system as CDC urges taking precautions
Read full article: ‘Tripledemic:’ COVID, flu, RSV taxing health system as CDC urges taking precautionsA perfect storm of respiratory diseases is increasing cases and hospitalizations across the U.S. and in Florida and could make for a terrible holiday season if more people don’t take precautions, according to the nation’s health experts.
Florida lawmaker for Marion County indicted in SBA loan scheme
Read full article: Florida lawmaker for Marion County indicted in SBA loan schemeA Central Florida state representative was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday as part of a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration’s emergency coronavirus loans.