Miami-Dade

Dr. Howard Pratt, a child and adolescent psychiatrist in South Florida, worries about all the kids who aren't getting care.

Flooded streets have become such a way of life in South Florida that most people wade right through the puddles. Sometimes, when the ponds are a bit deeper, they even pull out kayaks, paddleboards or wakeboards.

Experts say doctors and patients alike should consider the importance of safe-sex education and testing for the virus among older people.

Sundial spoke with Dr. Aileen Marty, an infectious disease expert and member of the Miami-Dade coronavirus task force, about living through the pandemic today.

AdventHealth in Orlando has reactivated its COVID command center. Meantime, omicron has been detected in Tallahassee and the variant has become the dominant strain in Miami-Dade.

The county’s communications director says regular COVID testing of the county’s wastewater system detected the new variant.

Steward Health Care is the largest physician-owned hospital network in the country and bought several facilities in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

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.

Miami-Dade, Hillsborough and Palm Beach remove parental opt-outs in defiance of the governor as President Biden calls for legal action against states that block health measures to protect students.

Dr. Aileen Marty says Miami-Dade is having its worst surge since the pandemic began: “I will not kowtow to dictates that damage the health and welfare of our society, no matter what kind of pressure is put on us."