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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Dr. Juan Dumois, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, cites the importance of masks and unpredictability of complications like MIS-C. -
Among them: People with flu-like symptoms should stay home, simultaneous online instruction will no longer be offered, and quarantine policies are eased for those vaccinated. -
Ron Meyer, a longtime Tallahassee education lawyer, says Gov. Ron DeSantis' executive order banning local school mask mandates defies the Florida Constitution. -
Dr. Manuel Gordillo is now urging people, whether they are vaccinated or not, to wear masks while indoors in public places. -
Ryan May, 24, grew up in Fayetteville, Georgia, with dreams of becoming a doctor. In the past year, both of his brothers died unexpectedly. -
The positivity rate for new cases of coronavirus rose to 5.2%, the first time it's been above 5% since early May. -
Health News Florida and WUSF are asking you to weigh in on the COVID-19 vaccine, and conversations you've had with people about it. -
James Fackrell, a descendant of the of the Snoqualmie Tribe in Washington State, is on his way to Brown after gaining entry to the university’s guaranteed medical school acceptance program. -
The positivity rate in Friday's report fell to 3.06%, the lowest since Health News Florida began tracking data daily in July. No state updates were issued over the three-day weekend. -
The vote won't affect the current school year, since it comes a day after students' last day of class, but would make masks optional at graduation and summer school.
