COVID19

The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Friday, May 12th, 2023

Millions of people enrolled in Medicaid during the pandemic, however,, many people may start to lose coverage soon amidst a reconsideration.

A University of Florida official said Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo's COVID-19 vaccination guidance is outside the scope of his work with UF.

Gov. Ron DeSantis asked the state Supreme Court to impanel a grand jury to investigate “wrongdoing in Florida” related to COVID-19 vaccines.

Every Thanksgiving season MidPoint spotlights issues of food insecurity and we always look for "the helpers." The crew from Meals on Wheels Tampa, Cindy Vann, and Erica Leigh, and MOW super-volunteer Rebecca Fiore joined us...

More than 82,000 Florida residents have died of COVID-19 since the pandemic started in early 2020; that's third most in the U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the COVID-19 Community Levels in nearly all Tampa Bay area counties is “high.”

The U.S. experienced the highest ever combined rates of deaths due to alcohol, drugs, and suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic's first year.

Coronavirus test positivity in Hillsborough County, Florida, has increased for ten weeks in a row and is now at nearly 11%.

The percentage of tests coming back positive for coronavirus has increased in Hillsborough County for the seventh week in a row.

The percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus in Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties continues to rise.

The CDC's index of COVID-19 "Community Transmission" is listed as "Substantial" in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee and Sarasota Counties.