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The three-year partnership will bring several services to Tampa, including T-cell cancer therapy, a bone marrow transplant initiative and the addition of mental health care to a veterans program.

TGH's contribution and the new affiliation agreement between the longtime partners are slated to improve recruitment, increase integration and advance research.

In Manatee County, a drone delivery system recently started to speed up the arrival of lifesaving treatment for medical emergencies in which every second counts.

The hospital did not reveal the amount of the "major investment" provided to its foundation by John and Susan Sykes, whose names will go on the new center, part of the TGH Cancer Institute.

Tampa General's Transplant Institute had a record year, due in part to innovative technology that expands the donor pool. But thousands of Floridians are still waiting for help.

The 12-floor, 565,000-square-foot building, adjacent to the hospital's Davis Islands campus, will be named for the Taneja family, major donors to the project. It is slated to open in 2027.

The new division extends TGH’s footprint into Citrus and Hernando counties. It includes three hospitals, an ER, two surgery centers and 10 clinics.

On the "Florida Roundup," host Melissa Ross spoke with Dr. Jason Wilson, associate director of Tampa General Hospital’s emergency department about his experience with the Pfizer vaccine.

Recent surveys have shown a large percentage of Americans don't plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine because they don't trust it, are afraid of getting sick, or aren't concerned with the virus.

Now that the state has received initial shipments of the Pfizer vaccine, health workers and long-term care residents are starting to get their shots. More doses from Moderna could arrive in the state as soon as next week.