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Audrey Moran and the late Dr. Leon Haley Jr., former UF Health Jacksonville CEO, headline the 2022 OneJax Humanitarian Awards in April.

Heres a look behind the scenes at the Florida Times-Union and the journalists who tell stories about Northeast Florida.

A COVID-19 vaccination clinic is taking place Thursday in honor of UF Health Jacksonville's late CEO Dr. Leon Haley.

As children returned to school across Northeast Florida, the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations continued to rise regionally and statewide, again breaking a daily record.

03:46 PM EST Share Mayor Lenny Curry says he will not resume a mask mandate or require city workers to get the shot amid the virus surge. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, mayors of Duval County’s three Beaches communities and area health representatives held a joint virtual news conference Aug. 4 urging people to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. The messaging comes as Northeast Florida has become a COVID-19 hotspot in recent weeks caused by what health officials call...

I-TEAM: Doctor among witnesses who tried to save UF Health Jax CEO after WaveRunner accident Sister of Dr. Leon Haley Jr. says she’s grateful for bystanders who rushed to help Updated:  July 28, 2021 10:59 pm I-TEAM: Doctor among witnesses who tried to save UF Health Jax CEO after WaveRunner accident JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A doctor said he tried to save the life of the UF Health Jacksonville CEO Dr. Leon Haley Jr. after a personal watercraft accident over the weekend in Palm Beach County. �...

I-TEAM: Report details moments before, after WaveRunner accident that killed UF Health Jacksonville CEO Witnesses say Dr. Leon Haley Jr. was with loved ones during accident Updated:  July 27, 2021 6:35 pm A man shared this photo that he took Saturday after the personal watercraft incident. (Provided to WJXT) PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – The News4Jax I-TEAM is piecing together what happened in the moments before a personal watercraft accident that killed UF Health Jacksonville CEO Dr. Leon Haley...

By Joel Malkin Photo: iStockphoto The director of UF Health in Jacksonville has died in a jet ski crash in Palm Beach County. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says CEO Dr. Leon Haley Jr. lost control and crashed into a jetty at the Lake Worth Inlet on Saturday. He was taken to St. Marys Medical Center, where he died. 56-year old Dr. Haley was the first African-American CEO at UF Health and is believed to have been the first person in the state to receive the Pfizer CO...

Hospitals are battling steep increases in new COVID-19 cases, with Florida leading the nation. On Friday, the most recent day with complete statistics, Florida added 13,256 new cases — figures comparable to the diseases prior local peak in January, when the state regularly recorded 10,000 or more infections per day. Leading causes for the current wave are the highly contagious delta variant primarily among people who are unvaccinated. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is weighing rev...

06:50 PM EST Share He was "a man of integrity who always wanted to do the right thing," says David R. Nelson, senior vice president for health affairs and president of UF Health. By Jenese Harris • News4Jax.com UF Health Jacksonville CEO Dr. Leon Haley Jr. died July 24 after he was thrown from a personal watercraft in the Palm Beach Inlet, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said July 25. Haley, 56, was found in the water wearing a life jacket, the FWC said...