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