COVID-19

Faced with a slow rollout of the updated vaccines and without state mandates for workers to get vaccinated, most skilled facilities are relying on persuasion to boost vaccination rates among staff and residents.

Child care centers will stop receiving federal pandemic money this weekend. Providers pledge to keep pay steady. Tuition? Probably not.

The short answer is yes, but a Central Florida expert weighs in on how you should receive the vaccines this season ahead of another possible "tripledemic"

COVID-19 vaccines are free for everyone through the Affordable Care Act. But before you make the trip to your local pharmacy, check and see if your health insurance will cover it.

Some people have had to cancel appointments because their insurance hasn’t updated the billing codes to cover the vaccines. Others signed up for an appointment, only to have it canceled due to supply issues.

People can go to COVIDTests.gov and get four free tests per household. The Biden administration says it is trying to prepare for the fall and winter COVID season.

Clinicians, researchers, and workplace safety officers worry new guidelines on face masks from the CDC might reduce protection against the coronavirus and other airborne pathogens in hospitals.

PolitiFact Florida reviewed more than two dozen Gov. Ron DeSantis press releases and news conferences from 2020 and 2021 about the vaccine rollout.

Almost all Americans have some immunity against the virus, either through vaccination or prior infections. And hospitalizations, while increasing, are much lower than they were during past pandemic peaks.

It's the first time counts have gone down after a late-summer uptick, according to the latest state report. Meantime, the number of residents who have died with the virus is nearing 91,000.