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It's time again to check the pulse — of Florida's health care policy and politics.

Get ready for an espresso shot of Florida politics and policy.

Todays roundup of local business news includes a new leadership role for a local doctor and plans for a big summit meeting.

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Vanessa Arroyo, a Tampa General Hospital front-line nurse, gets her Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine on Dec.14. Florida Hospital Association President Mary Mayhew and Florida Medical Association CEO Tim Stapleton encouraged health workers to share their experience receiving the coronavirus vaccine with others. Two of Florida’s largest medical associations sent an open letter to front-line health care workers Tuesday lauding them for their service during the COVID-19 pandemic and urging them...

Florida medical groups urge workers to get vaccinated News Service of Florida Staff Published:  Tags:  File photo (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Two of Florida’s largest medical associations sent an open letter to front-line health care workers Tuesday lauding them for their service during the COVID-19 pandemic and urging them to get vaccinated against the virus that causes the potentially deadly respiratory dise...

dominating headlines, the national outrage surrounding the shooting death of trayvon martin, the unarmed teen in florida. so far two officials have stepped aside to try to quell that rage and now president obama and the gop presidential candidates are weighing in. foxs phil keating has the story. >> reporter: following days of urging by civil rights leaders, president obama today addressed the shooting death of trayvon martin, the unarmed miami high schooler allegedly killed by george ...

3 firstton ffx.... hear from the woman .... hos 3 cell phone was grabbed by the officer. &p tonight.... the woman who mmde ttis ecording... aggeed name is beenadeete. she asked we ot use her last name. here is wwat she had to say about officer paul southard.... and his violltion of ho ii now under investtiation. 13:41:28 he was very angry at this phone. i thhnk he may haae thought i caught something ii asnt supposed to i dont really know what made him so upset. it wasst likeei had the ...

best news on the jobs front in years. >> today is an encouraging day. we learned the economy actually produced a substantial mum of jobs instead of losing a substantial number of jobs. we are beginning to turn the corner. >> reporter: 162 thousand how new u.s. jobs in march, highest jobs creation rate in three years. after the loss of more than 8 million jobs since 07. >> i think that this will mark the end of the job losses. >> reporter: the president took credit visiting a high-tech ...