Cathy Carter
Cathy Carter is the education reporter for WUSF 89.7 and StateImpact Florida.
Before joining WUSF, Cathy was the local host of NPR’s Morning Edition for Delaware Public Media and reported on a variety of topics from education to the arts.
Cathy also reported for WAMU, the NPR news station in Washington D.C, was a host at XM Satellite Radio and wrote arts and culture stories for a variety of newspaper,s including the Virginian Pilot and the Baltimore Sun.
Her work has been honored by journalism organizations such as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Maryland Press Association and the Delaware Press Association.
As a Massachusetts native and a graduate of Boston’s Emerson College, Cathy - as are all citizens under state mandate - had no choice but to be born a Boston Red Sox fan.
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Patients in the state's intensive care units climbed by 49 on Monday to 3,526 people, which was 53 percent of the state's staffed ICU beds. -
One of the more significant themes to emerge from the study was that of a perceived desecration of society. -
There were 3,602 people in intensive care, an increase of 45 people from Monday's report.
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Mayor Jane Castor and leaders from area hospitals held a news briefing Friday to discuss the recent spike in COVID-19 cases. -
The positivity rate for new cases statewide was 7.8%, up from 5.2% the previous week. -
Following a four-month investigation, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office released a 113-page report that concluded that none of Vanessa Baugh’s actions rose to the level of a crime. -
Doctor's Hospital in Sarasota has a new line of defense against the coronavirus. Meet Buffy, a 2-year-old Labrador retriever trained to sniff out the scent emitted by a human with the disease. -
The 1,832 hospitalizations for COVID-19 was the lowest recorded since Health News Florida began tracking hospitalization data daily in late July. -
The rate has been under 5% each day since May 10. Health experts say rates consistently below 5% could indicate community transmission is under control. -
The positivity rate of 4.16% marks 10 consecutive days below 5%. Meantime, overall deaths in the state related to the disease are nearing 37,000.
