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Florida A&M University has opened its COVID-19 vaccination site to the public. The site will run seven days a week, between 9 a.m. and noon. The Florida Division of Emergency Management and Leon County Health Department are staffing the facility. It is located at the Lawson Gymnasium at 1800 Wahnish Way.

The havoc of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has strained health-care providers across the state, might not be enough to spare hospitals and nursing homes from Medicaid spending cuts in the coming year.

Severe weather across the country has slowed COVID-19 vaccine shipments into the state, postponing appointments scheduled in Bay County.

If an adult with a developmental disability gets lost, law enforcement could send out a Purple Alert. That’s under a proposal that just passed its first House committee stop. The Purple Alert would be used for adults with certain conditions like brain injuries or autism.

Leon County’s COVID-19 positivity rate continues to fall. The county has recorded three cases of the U.K. coronavirus variant, and is on the lookout for a post-Super Bowl bump in infections.

Florida A & M University will open a COVID-19 vaccine site as early as next week. It will have the capacity to give up to 200 vaccines a day to those who are eligible.

Bay and Leon County residents can get a ride to their coronavirus shot appointments without paying bus or shuttle fare. Both local governments have extended public transportation service as more vaccination clinics open.

Florida’s Hispanic residents are more likely than whites to contract COVID-19 and die from the disease, yet early vaccination data shows they’re getting the shot at lower rates. Coronavirus vaccine misinformation and mistrust are contributing to the disparity.

As Florida lawmakers move quickly to try to shield businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits, a Miami-Dade County circuit judge has refused to dismiss a case against Publix Super Markets that stems from the COVID-19 death of a deli worker.

The Panama City area's coronavirus case incidence rate is the sixth highest in the nation, according to The New York Times's COVID-19 data tracker.