Florida settles lawsuit over COVID data, agrees to provide weekly stats to the public
Florida will provide COVID-19 data to the public again after a former Democratic state representative settled a lawsuit with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantisโ administration over the decision two years ago to stop sharing information on the virusโ spread online.
Justice Department announces charges against hundreds of alleged COVID-19 fraudsters
Hundreds 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
Britain'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.
Japan to lift COVID-19 border controls before holiday week
Japan 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 countryโs Golden Week holiday season begins and a large influx of foreign tourists is expected.
UF claims no standing to review facultyโs critique of Ladapoโs โcherry pickingโ vaccine guidance
A 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 Ladapoโs work with the school.
โTripledemic:โ COVID, flu, RSV taxing health system as CDC urges taking precautions
A 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 donโt take precautions, according to the nationโs health experts.
Foundations, major donors tackle nationโs nursing shortage
As more nurses leave their jobs in hospitals and health-care centers, foundations are pouring millions of dollars into efforts to ensure that more stay in the profession and get more out of the job than just the applause and pats on the back they got during the bleakest days of the pandemic.
WHO pleased to see China ease harsh zero COVID policies
A top official at the World Health Organization said the U_N_ agency was โpleasedโ to see China loosening some of its coronavirus restrictions, saying โitโs really important that governments listen to their people when the people are in pain.โ.
House panel says lax screening helped facilitate PPP fraud
A House investigations panel says financial technology firms โabdicatedโ their responsibility to screen out fraud in applications for a federal program designed to help small businesses stay open and keep workers employed during the pandemic.
Chinese users play cat-and-mouse with censors amid protests
Word of anti-lockdown protests in China spread on domestic social media for a short period last weekend, thanks to a rare pause in the cat-and-mouse game that goes on between millions of Chinese internet users and the countryโs gargantuan censorship machine.