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A PR pro offers backup for Florida Sheriffs, and there's a whole lot of slitherin' going on.

DeSantis met with hospital leaders as Florida breaks its own hospitalization records and hospitals impose restrictions on visitations, limit elective procedures.

Former President Donald Trump helped clear federal hurdles for the program.

LAKELAND – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came to Lakeland on Friday morning to stand inside a cavernous building filled with towering, orange shelves holding absolutely nothing. In the near future, DeSantis said, he expects those shelves to be loaded with pharmaceutical supplies and the LifeScience Logistics distribution center to be thrumming with activity. DeSantis held a news conference at the newly constructed warehouse to press the Biden Administration for approval of a drug-importation pr...

In September, Amer Fakhoury closed his New Hampshire restaurant to take his first vacation in years to visit family in his native Lebanon — a country he hadn’t been to for nearly two decades. He hasn’t returned to the United States. Soon after his arrival in Lebanon, the 57-year-old American citizen was detained by authorities and remains jailed there. Doctors... California Nov 22, 2019 Geena Davis testified Thursday that she does not believe she was ever legally married ...

Tom Wallace, assistant deputy secretary of Medicaid finance and analytics, is the new director, replacing Beth Kidder, who leaves at the end of the month.

DeSantis, Florida GOP haul in millions in donations — Gaetz ally scrambled to contain fallout — Scott tries to joke about Trump-McConnell feud Presented by Floridians for Affordable Rx Hello and welcome to Tuesday. The daily rundown — Between Sunday and Monday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 1,613, to 2,125,846; active hospitalizations increased 82 (2.6 percent ) to 3,184; deaths of Florida residents rose by 35 (0.1 percent), to 34,056; 7,291,420 Floridians have rece...

Florida’s health agencies are led by Black women. Can they create equity? Margo Snipe, Tampa Bay Times TALLAHASSEE — Shamarial Roberson remembers the wait. Her grandfather had suffered a stroke, and needed a doctor immediately. Roberson, then just under 10 years old in a north Florida town of about 800, could do nothing but watch time tick away while paramedics made their way from a nearby city. “I understand what it means when we read in textbooks that there’s limited a...

Capitol Watch for Wednesday, March 17 Florida lawmakers began a 60-day session March 2. (Source: News Service of Florida) By ABC7 Staff | March 17, 2021 at 6:35 AM EDT - Updated March 17 at 6:35 AM TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WWSB) - Florida Senate and House committees will be taking up the following bills on Wednesday, March 17: TELEMEDICINE FOR FIDO: The Senate Agriculture Committee will take up a bill (SB 1370), filed by Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez, R-Doral, that would allow veterinarians to use ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed Monday that Florida Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz is leaving the job after two years running point on the state’s response to hurricanes and COVID-19.