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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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. -
Though vaccination rates among Black Floridians still lag behind whites and Hispanics, recent data shows they are improving. -
The coronavirus pandemic and vaccine rollout have magnified inequities in Florida’s health care system, advocates say. -
The spike in deaths continues even as new COVID-19 cases continue to fall, marking the lowest weekly total since late July.
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The Hillsborough County School Board will discuss ways to curb the spread of the virus in schools. -
School officials worry that cases are beginning to spread inside schools, and that quarantine numbers will soon "explode." -
The policy lasts through Aug. 25, and will be considered again at a school board meeting next week. -
In Sarasota County, actual case counts are almost four times higher than the district's COVID dashboard shows, according to school board Chair Shirley Brown. -
Pinellas will continue to strongly recommend masks, but parents do not have to fill out forms if they choose to not wear one. -
Florida's governor has threatened to withhold funding from school districts that adopt a mask requirement. With COVID-19 spreading unchecked, some districts are considering requiring masks anyway.
