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4:30 p.m. | CVS expands COVID-19 vaccination sites statewide, DeSantis announces in Florida news conference Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that an additional 76 CVS pharmacies in Florida will offer COVID-19 shots beginning Friday, roughly doubling the number of sites where the retail chain is hosting vaccinations statewide. Appointment reservations can be made starting Thursday at CVS.com. The new sites will be in Alachua, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Columbia, Duval, Escambia, Gulf, Ha...

4:30 p.m. | Do I have to wear a mask? Can I visit my grandparents? Questions about the CDC guidelines for vaccinated people, answered As the U.S. vaccinates more than 2 million people a day, the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention released its guidelines for Americans who have received the full course of a COVID-19 vaccine. “We’ve been through a lot this past year, and with more and more people getting vaccinated each day, we are starting to turn a corner,” CDC director Dr....

Chase Rice, New Found Glory, Quad City DJ's and Sugar Ray will headline a free series of April concerts in downtown Jacksonville.

USA TODAY In late December, the idea that safe, effective vaccines against COVID-19 had been created in less than a year seemed miraculous – a triumph of science and American ingenuity. It took only six weeks to tarnish that image.  Pride in the remarkable feat has been replaced by confusion, accusations of unfairness, frustrating waits and the nightmare of vaccine vials gathering dust while tens of thousands of people die of what is now a preventable disease.  Even people leading the...

Lori Torres was nervous about returning to teaching in-person this week in Chicago. Torres, 47, teaches Spanish to all grades at her preK-8 school and has a medical condition that puts her at increased risk for COVID-19, but her request to continue to teach from home hadnt been approved. Her short-term concern was addressed when the Chicago Teachers Union voted to stay remote while union and city leaders haggled over the safety of working conditions in buildings. But Torres long-term conce...

New U.S cases of the coronavirus have fallen 35% from their Jan. 11 peak, a USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. The average number of daily cases has fallen to about 162,000, from 249,000.  And there are positive signs for hospitalization: The COVID Tracking Project said Wednesday that "the number of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 is decreasing in every major US region." About 107,000 Americans were hospitalized because of the virus Tuesday, down from a pe...

While thousands of seniors in Florida are bleary eyed and angry after spending weeks trying unsuccessfully to get an appointment for a coronavirus vaccine, the former chairman and CEO of Time Warner told a national television audience on Friday that it was a breeze. Richard Parsons, who is also a former chairman of Citigroup, said he left his home of New York to travel to Florida specifically because the Sunshine State made it so easy. “It’s orderly and sensible,” the 72-year-old Parsons...

Experts urge Christmas COVID-19 caution 12/23/20 3:25 AM GREENFIELD — Although the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed in Hancock County and around Indiana, local and state officials are still urging Hoosiers to exercise caution starting this week, when holiday gatherings are expected to be a major driver of coronavirus community spread. Experts agreed that the best thing to do to limit the spread is to celebrate the holidays only with members of your own household. However...

Year of protest carries over to business world in confronting racial gaps Emily Bloch and David Bauerlein, Florida Times-Union © BOB SELF, Bob Self/Florida Times-Union (FOR ONLINE USE ONLY/DO NOT USE IN PRINT) Mincy Pollock, the Founder and CEO of Florida Care Insurance and Pollock Group at his West Beaver Street offices Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. [Bob Self/Florida Times-Union] When Mincy Pollock made a pitch to other African-American business owners about joining him as a JAX ...

COVID: For some nurses, vaccine just the latest pandemic risk John Pacenti, Palm Beach Post © Bob Self, AP Registered Nurse Danielle Parker receives her COVID-19 vaccination Monday from Nurse Manager Vickie Perez at UF Health Jacksonville. © SEIU Maryln Hoilette, a nurse at Palms West Hospital, said that though some of her colleagues are reluctant to take the COVID-19 vaccine, she believes they will eventually come around. Few people know the ravages of COVID-19 like Marly...