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Young Black families settled in what is now Whitted in 1886, and their descendants and neighbors there still rely on well water. Now, they know the wells have enough PFAS to trigger health concerns. But change is slow.

Nurse practitioner Jamie Neal and husband Derek Neal say Life Tree Women Care is the only clinic of its kind in Northeast Florida — providing "culturally competent" health care.

Only about 1 percent of people vaccinated in Sarasota County are Black. Advocates say the distribution process puts underserved communities at a disadvantage. They're fighting to change that.

The church, in the College Hill neighborhood of Tampa, vaccinated 590 people with their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

This month two black men, Philando Castile and Alton Sterling were shot and killed by police officers in Minnesota and Louisiana. The trauma of those...