TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The coronavirus pandemic has become politically charged for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, as evidenced by a slick two-minute video posted on social media this week that had the glow of a targeted political campaign ad to polish your image. In the past few weeks, the governor’s leadership …
Read More »Florida coronavirus numbers drop slightly on Friday
STATE – After record numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths this week, figures released statewide were lower on Friday. The Florida Department of Health reported 11,466 new cases of coronavirus in Florida on Friday, with an announcement of 128 new deaths statewide. Those new deaths include 12 in central Florida …
Read More »Texas Clears COVID Cases and Flames Conspiracy Theory Fans
HOUSTON – When health officials quietly removed about 3,500 cases of COVID-19 from the official Texas total on Wednesday, it launched a deluge of conspiracy theories about inflated and unreliable data amid a growing pandemic. The 3,484 cases eliminated were diagnosed using FDA-approved antigen tests. The FDA has said that …
Read More »Health experts urge Americans to wear masks and take other precautions as coronavirus cases continue to rise
“We certainly are not winning the battle against the coronavirus,” Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Friday. “The jurisdictions with the highest probability of the highest number of deaths include: Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, the …
Read More »Many people do not know their blood type. Here we show you how to find yours
Don’t you know, you say? Many people do not know their blood type. In fact, only 66% of Americans reported knowing their blood type, according to a 2019 CBS News survey. Those letters (and more and less) can be crucial information in an emergency, and there are simple but accurate …
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