health and science

The COVID-19 unit at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital is back open, and it’s as busy now as it was during the height of the pandemic.

Local doctors are urging more people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

An estimated 48 million people in the U-S are providing in-home care to an adult loved one. 3 million of those caregivers live in Florida. AARP says a new study demonstrates the need to support family caregivers with financial assistance.

Developmental disability service providers are the latest to join a list of employers who say they're facing a worker shortage. Advocates say direct support professionals who left the industry because of health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic aren't returning now because of low wages.

If someone with a disability or brain injury goes missing, a purple alert could go out to help find them. That’s due to a new law signed by Governor Ron DeSantis this week.

WFSU News interviews Jeannie Economos, pesticide health and safety project coordinator with the Farmworker Association of Florida, following a recent federal court ruling that rejected the EPA's registration of aldicarb for use on the state's citrus.

Attorney Daniel Uhlfelder filed a lawsuit in March of 2020 to try to force the governor to close beaches to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Leon County Circuit Judge Kevin Carroll ruled against Uhlfelder, who then appealed.

Home gardeners in the Panhandle can get their landscaping questions answered through a monthly webinar series that features several horticulture experts.

St. George Island was packed with visitors enjoying a vacation without masks and social distancing — the way life was before the pandemic. But not everyone had been vaccinated before kicking off summer on the beach.

About five months after shots began, more than 10 million people in Florida have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to a report released Sunday by the state Department of Health.