Kerry Sheridan
Health News Florida ReporterKerry Sheridan is a reporter for WUSF Public Media and Health News Florida. She also is co-host of All Things Considered.
Prior to joining WUSF, she covered international news, health, science, space and environmental issues for Agence France-Presse from 2005 to 2019, reporting from the Middle East bureau in Cyprus, followed by stints in Washington and Miami.
Kerry earned her master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2002, and was a recipient of the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship for Cultural Reporting.
She got her start in radio news as a freelancer with WFUV in the Bronx in 2002. Since then, her stories have spanned a range of topics, including politics, baseball, rocket launches, art exhibits, coral reef restoration, life-saving medical research, and more.
She is a native of upstate New York, and currently lives with her husband and two children in Sarasota.
You can reach Kerry via email at sheridank@wusf.org, on Twitter @kerrsheridan or by phone at 813-974-8663.
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The number of weekly deaths related to COVID-19 was down slightly from the previous week’s pandemic high of 2,468.
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Nearly 20 percent of COVID-related deaths in Florida were reported in the last 30 days. However, COVID hospitalizations fell to the lowest point since late July.
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Both ICU admissions and hospitalizations for COVID-19 fell statewide, according to Wednesday's data.
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Hospitalizations statewide dropped again, after showing a slight uptick on Monday for the first time in a month.
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Federal statistics show 9,187 Floridians are hospitalized with COVID-19 — the first increase after 30 days of steady declines.
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Despite the decline in new cases, Florida marked a somber milestone in the past week, surpassing 50,000 coronavirus deaths.
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Despite a wide variety of challenges from job loss to distrust of the establishment, the success the Hispanic community has seen could help other communities tackle vaccine hesitancy.
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Though vaccination rates among Black Floridians still lag behind whites and Hispanics, recent data shows they are improving.
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The coronavirus pandemic and vaccine rollout have magnified inequities in Florida’s health care system, advocates say.
