Stephanie Colombini
HEALTH NEWS FLORIDA REPORTERStephanie Colombini joined WUSF Public Media in December 2016 as Producer of Florida Matters,WUSF’s public affairs show. She’s also a reporter for WUSF’s Health News Florida project.
Stephanie was born and raised just outside New York City. She graduated from Fordham University in the Bronx, where she got her start in radio at NPR member station WFUV in 2012. In addition to reporting and anchoring, Stephanie helped launch the news department’s first podcast series, Issues Tank.
Prior to joining the WUSF family, Stephanie spent a year reporting for CBS Radio’s flagship station WCBS Newsradio 880 in Manhattan. Her assignments included breaking news stories such as the 2016 bombings in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood and Seaside Park, NJ and political campaigns. As part of her job there, she was forced to – and survived – a night of reporting on New Year’s Eve in Times Square.
Her work in feature reporting and podcast production has earned her awards from the Public Radio News Directors, Inc. and the Alliance for Women in Media.
While off-the-clock, you might catch Stephanie at a rock concert, on a fishing boat or anywhere that serves delicious food.
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Epidemiologist Jason Salemi says the large number of unvaccinated Floridians are at higher risk for serious infection as more transmissible strains of the virus spread rapidly in the community.
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Health experts say vaccine engagement efforts are helping build trust in communities, but there is still a lot of work to do. Trust and Vaccines, open to the public, delves into the issue Friday morning.
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Whether or not you ever had COVID-19, the pandemic may still have disrupted your health routines and access to care.
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Kevin Sneed, dean of USF's pharmacy school, says he has encounted many people who resisted the vaccines because they were wary of “unknowns,” but he adds engagement efforts are paying off.
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Researchers say the goal of the study is to improve health messaging so hospitals and health agencies can better connect with the community.
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The state added nearly 6,000 coronavirus cases since its last update ahead of Memorial Day weekend, but hospitalizations dipped to their lowest levels since Health News Florida began tracking the data daily in July.
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At 3.2%, the positivity rate for new cases is the lowest it's been since Health News Florida began tracking the data daily in July.
