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A new study from researchers with the University of Miami, FIU and others found that many parts of the county could get an average of 6 degrees hotter than the official reading.
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Parents of older students can opt their children out of the district’s mask mandate. The change doesn't apply to grades K-8.
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The county has hired Jared Moskowitz, who oversaw Florida’s pandemic response as director of the state’s Division of Emergency Management, as a special adviser.
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Leon is forcing its employees to be vaccinated or be fired. Meantime, Orange is requiring its nonunion workers to get the shots and Miami-Dade is mandating indoors masks in county buildings.
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In the last three weeks, the number of COVID patients at Miami’s Jackson Health System increased 178%. More than 95% of the new patients are unvaccinated, and more than 40% are under age 50.
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Jane Gilbert is the newly appointed interim chief heat officer for Miami-Dade. She has a task force focused on variables that make lower-income communities vulnerable to heat-related adversity.
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Restaurants and bars will return to pre-pandemic hours but it doesn’t mean all restaurants will be able to operate full throttle right away.
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Slammed with a surge of COVID patients, Miami’s Jackson Health System announced on Tuesday it would be limiting non-emergency surgeries starting next...
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Kathy Burgos has a dozen blue bags hanging from her arm as she walks the hot streets of Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood. She’s on a march with other...
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Going to the beach and seeing parades for the Fourth of July won’t be an option in Miami-Dade County, as Mayor Carlos Gimenez will be signing an order...