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The new COVID shots, which have received FDA approval, will be released in time to pair with the yearly flu shot. And the first vaccines to guard against another scary virus, RSV, are rolling out for older adults and pregnant women.
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Vaccines for a fall immunization drive against COVID-19 just got the green light from the FDA. The agency says the vaccines can protect people, as hospitalizations tick up.
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Chances are, if you aren’t older, chronically ill, or obese, you don’t need a forthcoming COVID vaccine to stay out of the hospital. But it probably wouldn’t hurt.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis says Florida won’t be joining states, cities or school districts across the U.S. in closing campuses or forcing masks. And Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo warns against a new COVID vaccine.
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Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo took to social media to suggest a link between two basketball players' cardiac arrests and the vaccine. But one expert said public health officials carry a responsibility to be careful about what they say.
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A former reporter and producer argued that the golf tour’s COVID requirements violated her religious beliefs, but the judge has urged dismissal of the case.
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After vaccines became widely available in 2021, "the excess death rate among Republican voters was 43% higher than the excess death rate among Democratic voters," Yale researchers say. The divide was especially wide in Florida and Ohio.
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A misleading Instagram post claimed Florida is poised to prohibit COVID-19 vaccines because they are bioweapons. There's no evidence that state officials have announced any steps to ban them.
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They're aiming to bring together lawyers who have brought COVID-19 and vaccine-related cases to court with experts and build a body of law to combat future public health orders.
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A University of Florida epidemiologist updates us on the vaccine, side affects, who's paying for it and the latest forecast for subvariants.