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USF Health professor Jill Roberts provides some possible explanations for this drop, including vaccine hesitancy that the COVID-19 pandemic intensified.

Jason Salemi with the USF College of Public Health says most of the new cases are reported in the state's five largest counties.

The show, called This Is My Brave, is part of a national program that aims to reduce the stigma around mental health and addiction and get people talking more about these topics.

In the first study to look at asthma treatments for Black and Latino patients, researchers at the University of South Florida and around the nation spent more than three years developing solutions to historic inequities in care.

"If you want to wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous." Gov. Ron DeSantis told masked Middleton High School students visiting the governor's appearance at USF.

Some consumers "have gone months" without realizing someone had improperly enrolled them in health plans, with tax credits that may need repaying. A proposed new rule would stop the practice.

The university's president called for people on-campus to wear masks and to be fully vaccinated, while USF faculty recommended holding the first few weeks of the spring semester online.

After losing two patients, one after another, Alicia Sgroi wrote an essay about the experience in the American Journal of Nursing. Her essay is titled "What a Time to Become a Nurse."

USF Health epidemiologist Jason Salemi says omicron seems to be less deadly than delta but cautions Floridians should still take the surge in cases seriously.

Host Steve Newborn discusses the virus and its impact throughout the year with Kevin Sneed of the USF Taneja College of Pharmacy and Julio Ochoa, editor of Health News Florida.