Broward County

Health officials says the risk of transmission remains low.

The case appears to be related to international travel and the patient is in isolation. Health officials are notifying people who may have been exposed to the patient.

The Broward project and many other state and local projects across the country are using federal coronavirus relief money despite having little to do with combating the pandemic,

The U.S. Department of Education has asked an administrative judge to block the state from slashing federal aid money sent to the Broward and Alachua school districts over their mask mandates.

The school board kept in place a mask mandate for younger children because they are not currently allowed to be vaccinated for COVID.

The U.S. Department of Education is sending more than $420,000 to make up for wages the state withheld after the board refused to allow parental opt-outs for masks in schools.

Prosecutors say two executives with SpineFrontier are accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes disguised as consulting fees to surgeons in exchange for the surgeons using the manufacturer's products.

The districts are challenging the department's authority to issue the parental opt-out rule and argue the wording does not prevent them from requiring medical exemptions from wearing masks.

Now that the FDA has fully approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, some health care experts hope to see more vaccine mandates and more people getting their shots.

The state Board of Education said Alachua and Broward violated a state Department of Health rule that requires parents to be allowed to opt out of student mask mandates.