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Yale professors study COVID-19 protocol effectiveness as local businesses rebound from pandemic A pair of Yale professors set out to find what restrictions are and aren’t effective. and last updated 2020-12-30 20:20:47-05 TAMPA, Fla. — Since day one of the COVID-19 crisis, people across the country and in the Tampa Bay area have been navigating the different safety measures state and local governments put in place to help fight the spread of COVID-19. But from mask mandates to shutdow...

Did Thanksgiving have an impact? CDC again warns against holiday travel CDC warns against holiday travel The Centers for Disease Control is warning holiday revelers not to celebrate the holidays with anyone outside of their own household. TAMPA, Fla. - The Centers for Disease Control is warning holiday revelers not to celebrate the holidays with anyone outside of their own household. The United States is in the midst of a spike in cases, and in Florida, the seven-day rolling average of new COVI...

Snowbirds Wonder Where They Fall in COVID Vaccine Distribution Plan UPDATED 9:53 PM ET Dec. 21, 2020 PUBLISHED 5:26 PM ET Dec. 21, 2020 PUBLISHED 5:26 PM EST Dec. 21, 2020 SHARE NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – For 20 years, Ted and Mary Cayford have made the annual journey from Stevens Point, WI, to Tampa Bay. Most recently, thats meant spending the time from just after Christmas to around April in New Port Richey. ...

Tampa Bay Times Florida’s first COVID-19 vaccine doses landed in Tampa Bay this week, poised for distribution to the people public health officials determined need it first. Millions of healthcare workers and the residents of long-term care facilities will get vaccinated first. Next up will be essential workers, including firefighters, paramedics and police officers. But when it’s their turn, will Tampa Bay’s first-responders get the shot? A significant number of firefighters and officers...

Tampa Bay’s first responders get early vaccine access. Will they take it? Kathryn Varn, Tampa Bay Times © Dirk Shadd/Times/Tampa Bay Times/TNS Tim Kubal, 39, from Tampa, a blood doctor with AdventHealth, receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Tina Scarborough, a RN with AdventHealth, at the AdventHealth Tampa distribution tent, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 in Tampa. AdventHealth Tampa, the largest AdventHealth hospital location in Tampa Bay, began vaccinating team members at hig...

The weekly White House Coronavirus Task Force report obtained by ABC News is stressing the need for mitigation efforts across the country as COVID-19 cases surge.

Long-term care facilities prepare for potential COVID-19 vaccine A potential vaccine for COVID-19 is a sign of hope for many, including long term care facilities. and last updated 2020-12-14 21:56:13-05 TAMPA, Fla. — A potential vaccine for COVID-19 is a sign of hope for many, including long term care facilities. Federal and state leaders have emphasized frontline healthcare workers and long-term care facility residents should be prioritized once a vaccine is available. Right now, theyâ�...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration could grant approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as early as today, which could mean the five Florida hospitals chosen to receive the vaccine first could see them by this weekend.

Fighting the type of breast cancer thats killing darlene. >> so me and all the other mothers getting ready for our death and leaving our babies. >> reporter: tired of feeling hopeless, she posted this raw plea to the fda on youtube. >> when you are dying and have wasted away and you feel like youve lost everything, the last thing you want is for anybody to see you. so it was hard. it was very hard. >> reporter: her friends rallied to pass the link on through social media, and they got in touch w...

Gotta love it. all of it. >> thats true. an interesting new study showing the modern family in america is changing at record speed. >> 1 in 10 marriages is interracial. on top of that, the number of single households is up by about 16%. abcs sharyn alfonsi gives us more on the changing face of the american family. >> reporter: americas modern family looks an awful lot like the tv show. the census bureau revealing the number of interracial couples has grown, up 28% over the last decade. and lik...