SOUTHWEST MIAMI DADE, Fla. – An 8-year-old boy from the Florida Keys never showed any symptoms of COVID-19, according to his mother, but is now in Miami at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital fighting for his life. His family is distressed, but they are not losing hope. Doctors say Tavernier’s Zane Wampler …
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A Florida man with firearms threatened to kill a Walmart buyer who asked him to put on a mask, sheriff’s officials said. Vincent Bruce Scavetta, who was caught on surveillance video brandishing a pistol from his waist during an argument with another buyer at a Royal Palm Beach Walmart on …
Read More »Florida television reporter says viewer saw cancerous lump on his neck
A Florida television journalist revealed Thursday that a viewer detected a mysterious lump on his neck that was later found to be cancerous. Victoria Price, an investigative journalist for WFLA News in Tampa Bay, shared the news on Twitter in a message to her viewers. “As a journalist, you have …
Read More »Jacksonville reports 9 more COVID-19 deaths; Florida approves 400,000 cases
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – With nine additional deaths, a maximum of one day, reported in Friday data from the Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville has now eclipsed 120 coronavirus-related deaths, and nearly a quarter of those were reported in the past six days. . . According to state data, Duval County …
Read More »Florida Hospitals Increased Capacity Due to Acute Coronavirus Outbreak | United States News
The Jackson Memorial Hospital emergency department, wedged between Little Havana and Miami’s vibrant Wynwood murals, has been teeming with Covid-19 patients for weeks. Patients wait for beds in the hallways and in the classroom. Some need oxygen within minutes of arrival, while others are sent home to rest in bed …
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