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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Coronavirus rates have remained low in Florida since schools reopened in August, but with flu season approaching, experts say masks are more important than ever. -
The positivity rate for first-time tests on Wednesday stayed over 5% for the second straight day. -
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman said the state's order to enter Phase 3 reopening, lifting restrictions on bars and restaurants, has caused some… -
Where to sit at lunch? How to make friends while wearing a mask? How to cope with parents deploying in uncertain times? These are questions military children face during these times. -
This means restaurants and other businesses will be allowed to reopen at full capacity. -
The total number of tests done statewide also dropped by about half, as the rate of new positives stayed low. -
As new positive COVID-19 tests remained beneath a key reopening threshold agreed on by global health experts, deaths statewide have been 140 or more for the past four days. -
Health experts say coronavirus cases are expected to rise as schools and bars reopen, and that masks are one of society's only defenses until a vaccine is available. -
State health officials reported 3,650 new positive tests for coronavirus on Friday, a jump of 1,067 compared to the prior day.The number of tests reported… -
Research on the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and the 2003 SARS outbreak in Hong Kong found a rise in suicides accompanied the health crises. The same could happen with the coronavirus pandemic.
