With pandemic fatigue, and deaths and hospitalizations well down from peaks in 2021 because of high vaccination and immunity rates, many people are inclined to shrug off the new wave.
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By Tim Henderson, Florida Phoenix
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1/30/24
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An HHS official said the department is in the process of identifying the COVID-19 vaccines that will move into the Phase IIb clinical trials.
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By Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix
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8/23/23
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Antibodies to COVID-19 were present in the blood of 96.4% of Americans over the age of 16 by September 2022. That’s according to an analysis testing for the presence of these immune defense molecules.
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What the research shows about risks of myocarditis from COVID vaccines versus risks of heart damage from COVID – two pediatric cardiologists explain how to parse the data.
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By Frank Han, University of Illinois at Chicago and Jennifer H. Huang, Oregon Health & Science University
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3/15/23
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AdventHealth has opened a multidisciplinary clinic to diagnose, treat and research Long-haul COVID, a critical next step in the healthcare system’s pandemic response.
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From AdventHealth Orlando News
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1/24/23
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While new mutations of COVID-19 continue to circulate across the nation, seasonal flu activity also has been high in Florida, federal health officials have warned.
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By Issac Morgan, The Florida Phoenix
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1/12/23
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The new booster shots – one by Moderna and another from Pfizer-BioNTech – come as more than 450 people are still dying of COVID-19 every day in the U.S.
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By Prakash Nagarkatti, and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina
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9/1/22
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Federal data on COVID-19 show 6,998,561 Florida cases, reaching a 7 million mark that only two other states have reached in the United States.
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By Diane Radio, Florida Phoenix
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8/31/22
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Community Health Centers is currently offering COVID-19 vaccines for children ages six months to five years in Apopka, and Orange County.
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From the Community Health Centers
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8/2/22
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While COVID-19 vaccines continue to be highly effective at preventing hospitalization and death, it has become clear that the protection offered by the current vaccines wanes over time.
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By Prakash Nagarkatti, and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina
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6/28/22
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The following collection of articles from The Conversation’s archives traces the winding path of the development of COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest children.
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By Amanda Mascarelli, The Conversation
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6/19/22
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Wastewater surveillance takes advantage of the fact that many human pathogens and products of human drug metabolism end up in urine, feces, or both.
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By Susan De Long, and Carol Wilusz, Colorado State University
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5/4/22
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Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died, while the millions who survived, now faced with disability, are left to grapple with the harsh realities of long COVID-19.
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By Jennifer Schuerman, Florida Phoenix
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4/13/22
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Heart complications have been increasingly connected to people who have contracted COVID-19, but other heart problems have been tied to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. Here's the difference.
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By Issac Morgan, Florida Phoenix
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4/6/22
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BA.2 is the latest subvariant of omicron, the dominant strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. While the origin of BA.2 is still unclear, it has quickly become the dominant strain in many countries, including India, Denmark and South Africa.
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By Prakash Nagarkatti, and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina
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3/23/22
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Dr. Raul Pino, the Director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, has been reinstated from administrative leave by the Florida Department of Health.
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From Staff Reports
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3/13/22
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AdventHealth shares data on COVID patient numbers, including patients receiving ICU-level care, as well as updates on masks, test, monoclonal antibody treatment and more.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on Jan. 14, 2022.
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By Christian L'Orange, Colorado State University
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1/27/22
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The figures represent a downturn from Omicron’s peak in Central Florida during the week of Jan. 17 of more than 1,100 inpatients with COVID-19 in the health care system’s Central Florida Division.
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From AdventHealth of Central Florida
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1/26/22
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Florida nursing home staff with completed vaccinations (no booster) increased 10 percent since the last report, from 63 percent to 73 percent.
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From AARP
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1/24/22
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Dr. Raul Pino, the Director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, has been placed on administrative leave by the Florida Department of Health while it investigates an email Pino sent to employees about the department's low percentage of staff that is vaccinated for COVID-19.
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From Staff Reports
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1/19/22
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The NIH issued its latest guidance on effective treatments against the more transmissible omicron variant, including an antibody treatment called Sotrovimab and other treatments such as Remdesivir.
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By Issac Morgan, Florida Phoenix
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1/18/22
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The health care system is prepared for the increase, which so far remains lower than during the Delta surge, which peaked in August with about 1,700 hospitalized patients.
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From AdventHealth
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1/10/22
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About 630 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 throughout AdventHealth’s Central Florida hospitals, an increase that underscores the continued severity of the virus in many people in the …
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From AdventHealth
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1/5/22
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At a Tuesday press conference, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo argued against federal health authorities’ testing guidelines for COVID-19, even as COVID cases rise.
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By Issac Morgan, Florida Phoenix
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1/4/22
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