Kerry Sheridan
Health News Florida ReporterKerry Sheridan is a reporter and co-host of All Things Considered at WUSF Public Media.
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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When it comes to receiving organ transplants, patients are not usually judged on prior behavior, but some doctors are questioning whether unvaccinated COVID patients should qualify for new lungs. -
The operations are expensive, risky and use a scarce resource — donated lungs — that might otherwise go to patients with cystic fibrosis or other diseases. -
The White House said about 900,000 children nationwide aged 5-11 have received their first dose since the Pfizer vaccine was cleared by regulators earlier this month.
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Dr. Washington Hill has worked as an OB-GYN for more than 50 years, and specializes in high-risk pregnancies. -
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. -
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.
