Daylina Miller
Health News Florida ReporterDaylina Miller is a multimedia reporter for WUSF and Health News Florida, covering health in the Tampa Bay area and across the state.
She began her journalism career as a teen columnist at The Tampa Tribune in 2005, and has since worked as a reporter for several Tampa Bay news organizations.
Daylina is a graduate of the University of South Florida's School of Mass Communications, where she started the school's Her Campus Magazine branch, served as a correspondent for USA Today College and wrote opinion columns for The Oracle, the Tampa campus newspaper.
She received her master's degree in New Media Journalism at Full Sail University and through the program started Dames & Dice, a tabletop gaming blog.
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Browning said masks will continue to be required in Pasco schools, and that the district will reevaluate the decision closer to the fall semester. -
Tuesday's report listed 46 more deaths from complications associated with the virus, bringing the overall toll to 35,646. Of those, 11,261 were residents or staff members of long-term care facilities. -
Nearly 135,511 tests were recorded Monday. On Sunday, 24,169 tests were recorded, almost 80,000 lower than the daily average for the previous week. -
Gov. Ron DeSantis called the pause in administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine a "speed bump," while acknowledging the state would follow the federal recommendation. -
Wednesday's state report lists 3,105 COVID patients in hospitals, the most since March 12. Meantime, the number of new daily cases was up 5% from last week. -
Adults 18 and over now qualify to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Those age 16 and 17 can get the Pfizer vaccine with parental consent. -
The variants, commonly known by country of origin, have been found to be more transmissible than the original strain of the virus. The more prevalent B.1.1.7 variant spreads more easily and might be more deadly. -
FEMA had planned to distribute only second doses at its vaccine sites between March 24 and April 7. Now, it'll also distribute 500 first-dose Pfizer shots each day. -
The percentage of people testing positive for the first time rose to 6.13%, the highest it's been in 12 days. But the number of tests recorded Sunday was about half the daily average for the last two weeks. -
St. Pete Pride president Nathan Bruemmer talks about the last year without the large-scale gatherings that LGBTQ+ events are based on.
