Ron DeSantis

In Florida, only half of fully vaccinated nursing home residents have gotten the booster for COVID. When you add unvaccinated residents into the mix, just 41% are boosted.

Republicans on the Health Policy Committee voted unanimously to back Dr. Joseph Ladapo’s confirmation, which ultimately needs approval from the full Senate.

While the governor said the treatments are "not 100%," he added that they should still be made available.

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 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.

Said Gov. Ron DeSantis: "At the end of the day, she's fought really hard. We think she's responded very well."

A federal judge issued an order that allowed the plaintiffs to file an amended complaint contending that the state is violating federal laws designed to protect the rights of people with disabilities.

A statement put out by Mayor Jerry Demings' office said he was fully vaccinated and boosted and had received the positive test Tuesday evening.

In the email to his staff, Dr. Raul Pino wrote: “I have a hard time understanding how we can be in public health and not practice it.” The state is working to determine whether any law was broken.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mary Mayhew, president of the Florida Hospital Association, about how the state's hospitals are navigating the Supreme Court's decision on vaccine mandates.