By wendi grossman
Dec 21, 2020
Today s the day kids can now get free COVID-19 testing in Miami-Dade. School Board Vice Chair Dr. Steve Gallon says the school system is partnering with University of Miami Health System to provide coronavirus testing for children ages 4-to-18. The testing will be done through the Health System s Pediatric Mobile Unit which will be parked in various school lots for the next two weeks while schools are closed for winter break. Walk-ups are welcome, but appointments are encouraged.
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By wendi grossman
Dec 21, 2020
Today s the day kids can now get free COVID-19 testing in Miami-Dade. School Board Vice Chair Dr. Steve Gallon says the school system is partnering with University of Miami Health System to provide coronavirus testing for children ages 4-to-18. The testing will be done through the Health System s Pediatric Mobile Unit which will be parked in various school lots for the next two weeks while schools are closed for winter break. Walk-ups are welcome, but appointments are encouraged.
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Burn victims of small plane crash remain hospitalized in Miami
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PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Two adults and two children who survived a small fiery plane crash in Broward County remained at Jackson Memorial Hospital on Friday night in Miami-Dade County.
The four victims suffered burns when the single-engine SOCATA TB10 Tobago they were flying in crashed on Thursday after taking off from North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines.
The victims, who include a police officer, were under the care of University of Miami Health System physicians at the Ryder Trauma Center’s specialized Miami Burn Center.
Relatives said the police officer was offduty when he was piloting the SOCATA TB10 Tobago, a four-seat, all-metal low wing aircraft.
DeSantis announces delay in delivery of Pfizer vaccine to Florida
By Bobby Caina Calvan and Adriana Gomez Licon
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Pfizer vaccine on hold after first round of shipments
Governor Ron DeSantis says the next two weeks of shipments of the Pfizer vaccine is currently on hold, while those in long-term care facilities begin getting the shots.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida s largest hospital system said it was on track to immunize nearly 20,000 health care workers against COVID-19 as Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced a delay in hundreds of thousands of doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
But DeSantis said the first batch of the Moderna vaccine 370,000 doses could begin heading to his state as soon as this weekend and would allow wider distribution of the medicine to hospitals across the state, pending federal authorization.
By News@TheU
12-15-2020
Take a look at a month-by-month recap of the biggest stories at the University of Miami during the past year.
From a pandemic that forced the migration of spring semester classes to an online environment, to a new dean for the College of Engineering, to a Super Bowl halftime performance by the Band of the Hour, to a record-breaking gift for the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2020 proved to be a very unusual year for the University of Miami.
January
The Planet Kreyol student organization and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs commemorate victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake with dance, song, poetry, and more on January 15.