For many decades February has been recognized as American Heart Month. It is a time where people can collectively focus more on their cardiovascular health and take steps to improve it. Taking care of our heart is something that requires both physical and mental action. Negative emotions, for example, can affect our lifestyle habits and… Read more »
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With Thanksgiving approaching, Florida Education Association wants Board of Governors to take stricter measures against COVID-19
As Florida Coronavirus cases continue to rise by the thousands every day and test positivity rates nearly double the daily recommendation for phase 3 openings, the Florida Education Association is asking the Board of Governors to enact stricter regulations throughout Florida’s university system. Some schools are taking steps beyond the Board of Governor’s recommendations. LISTEN:… Read more »
Pinellas School Board votes to continue mask mandate prompting backlash, arrest
The Pinellas County School Board Tuesday voted to continue its COVID-19 mandatory mask policy. The decision came after hours of discussion and opposing public comments from parents and students. One parent was arrested during the meeting. LISTEN: For more than an hour, speakers — mostly parents — railed against the school district’s mandatory mask policy…. Read more »
Virtual vigil for COVID-19 victims urges Gov. DeSantis to rethink reopenings
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group and the Marked by COVID organization joined Thursday to hold a virtual vigil mourning lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. The groups are urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to rethink phase 3 reopenings as COVID positivity rates hold near 5 percent. Listen: More than 15,000 Floridians have died from COVID-19… Read more »
Florida Southern College’s limited housing plan shows complications, frustrations many face as schools open
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Ahad Aziz had his plane ticket ready. Like every other semester, he’d be flying from his home in Oregon to start school at Florida Southern College in Lakeland. Then, just a few weeks before takeoff, he found out he didn’t make the cut. Last week, Florida Southern… Read more »
With Florida coronavirus outbreaks, state representative wants at-risk prisoners released
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Some of the major hotspots for coronavirus cases in Florida are in jails and prisons. That’s why State Representative Dianne Hart (D-Tampa) has asked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and State Department of Corrections Secretary Mark Inch to release inmates who are at high risk for COVID-19. “Florida… Read more »
Another Florida daily record for new coronavirus cases
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Florida has once again shattered its record for most new coronavirus cases in one day with nearly 2,800 added Tuesday. It’s at least the sixth time this month the state has broken its record for most cases in one day. According to the state’s official dashboard, More… Read more »
USF public health professor talks about Florida’s increasing coronavirus cases
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources For the third week in a row, the number of new coronavirus cases in Florida has been higher than before the state lifted safer-at-home requirements. According to the Florida Department of Health website, there were 5,500 new coronavirus cases in the state for the week that ended… Read more »
Funeral march for COVID-19 deaths
The national death toll related to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States is just surpassing 100,000, and several progressive activist organizations are pushing the state to provide more financial relief instead of reopening too soon. Three hearses were flanked by a about dozen other cars guiding a funeral procession through Tampa. They attached body… Read more »
St. Pete and Hillsborough officials caution about opening too quickly
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources On Wednesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced his plan to begin reopening the state. He’s calling it the “SAFE. SMART. STEP-BY-STEP. Plan to Re-Open Florida.” Beginning Monday May 4 the entire state, excluding three heavy-hit southeast Florida counties, will begin what he calls “slow and methodical” steps… Read more »
Pinellas County beaches will reopen after Florida coronavirus closure
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Pinellas County Beaches will reopen Monday at 7:00 a.m.; the Board of County Commissioners voted 6-to-1 Tuesday afternoon to reopen beaches with CDC guidelines for disinfecting restrooms and social distancing rules that will be enforced by the Pinellas Sheriff. It came after several hours of discussion by… Read more »
Keep Off This Street: The Epidemics of Polio and COVID19
The epidemics of polio and COVID19 Empty beaches, hollow pools, abandoned and quiet streets. Bans on gatherings. Fear layering daily activities with hesitation, and loss. While the Spanish Flu of 1918 is evoked by the onset of the latest coronavirus, another epidemic lingers in memory. Polio ravaged children and adults in the first half of… Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Doctors at Tampa General Hospital have seen improvement in a COVID-19 patient by treating the patient with blood plasma from coronavirus patients who have recovered. The plasma contains antibodies against the virus. Dr. Guilherme Oliveira is chair of Tampa General Hospital’s Heart & Vascular Institute. “We set… Read more » Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Four things have to happen before society can safely open up from closures due to the coronavirus; that’s according to Dr. Charles Lockwood, the Dean of USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. In an Instagram live talk today hosted by the City of Tampa, Dr. Lockwood said… Read more »
Tampa General Hospital coronavirus patient doing well after convalescent plasma treatment
“We’re going to have a surge after we reopen,” says dean of USF Health
