The Villages

The purpose of the vehicle is to allow emergency responders to properly diagnose and treat stroke victims as they are being transported to the nearest stroke treatment center.

New census figures show the share of residents 65 or older ballooned by more than a third from 2010-20, while the share of children declined. Older adults made up more than a fifth of Florida's population.

Construction is expected to start next year on a 90-bed hospital in Gainesville, a 60-bed hospital near The Villages and a 100-bed hospital in Fort Myers,

A predicted nursing shortage is expected to effect The Villages especially hard. In nearby Ocala, the College of Central Florida is racing to help meet the demand.

Florida's 20 or so locations have treated more than 10,000 people. But Gov. Ron DeSantis, in The Villages to open another, says more people could be helped.

No patient or personnel records are believed to have been compromised or shared in the events at The Villages Regional Hospital and Leesburg Hospital.

The provider gave 4,000 shots the first week of the drive-thru's operation. Then the supply ran out, and thousands of people lost their appointments.

The vaccine's Colorado-based medical transport company cited "unforeseen circumstances" for the delay; 7,500 people with appointments to get their first dose must now wait.

A CDC panel recommends essential workers as well as people 75 and older come after front-line health workers and nursing homes, but the governor says that is not binding.

The project begins by testing the use of blood thinners to reduce bad outcomes in COVID-19 patients, part of a study tied to Operation Warp Speed.