COVID-19

Missouri has the worst COVID vaccination rate for nursing home workers in the nation. There, the federal mandate for workers to get vaccinated reveals the problems that operators have hiring staff, keeping them, and providing decent care.

The state filed a motion citing the ruling by the Supreme Court that upheld the vaccination requirements in cases from other parts of the country. The requirements will take effect Thursday.

Omicron has exploded in schools across the Tampa Bay region this year, and some local high school students say their district isn't doing enough to notify them of possible exposure.

The FDA says therapies from Regeneron and Eli Lilly should no longer be used because they don't work against omicron. Gov. Ron DeSantis says the action will "cost some Americans their lives."

The laws governing Medicare don't provide coverage for self-administered diagnostic tests, including rapid antigen tests. Here's how older adults can get free tests anyway.

Data from 26 states - including Florida - suggests the coronavirus may have ended nearly two decades of nationwide progress toward getting diplomas to more students.

The top 12 states using antibody therapies produced by Regeneron and Lilly, which research shows don’t work against omicron, include several Southern states with some of the lowest vaccination rates and California, which ranks among the top 20 for fully vaccinated residents.

Recent research and anecdotes suggest some people are testing negative on rapid tests even after they have symptoms, then later testing positive. Here's what researchers think is going on.

Falling case counts and fluctuating hospitalization numbers may signal that the state has reached the peak of the omicron variant.

The phone number — 1-800-232-0233 — follows the launch earlier this week of a federal website to order the tests.