Gainesville

Alachua County Civil Circuit Judge Monica Brasington granted the temporary injunction against the COVID vaccine mandate two days after Monday’s hearing for the lawsuit.

Prior to the Biden administration annoucing national requirements for health workers, hospitals in this part of Florida have taken different approaches to mask and vaccine mandates.

DeSantis said a new law allowing him to invalidate local emergency measures gives him the power to issue the fines, although the measure does not prohibit requiring workers from getting the shot.

Amid the pandemic and quarantines, doulas — trained professionals who offer support to expectant mothers — noticed an increased interest in their services.

Diagnosed in 2003, Marvene Edwards has been on the brink of death. Now, she serves those who may have come just as close as she works to channel her past to extend the lives of others.

Halfway through the spring semester, questions such as "Why are students cleared for campus before receiving their COVID-19 test results?" remain largely unanswered.

Professors teaching in-person classes walk into work fearful of coming into contact with students who are not socially distancing and exposing themselves to the coronavirus.

Inside the Grifols Biomat USA Plasma Center, people from all over the community come to donate, with their stories, afflictions and motivations with them.

The Gainesville Opportunity Center focuses on helping adults with severe mental illness, who are known there as members and are preparing to more readily re-enter the workforce.

Many are aware of the risks associated with not wearing a mask, but in the absence of older company, to them, the risk becomes irrelevant.