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• Florida Small Business Development Centers celebrates its 45th birthday - WUFT News December 3, 2021
  While the Florida SBDC recognizes its 45th anniversary this year, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to create unparalleled challenges for small ...
• Central Florida prepares for more accessible, expansive COVID-19 vaccine campaign December 3, 2021
  With rising numbers of COVID-19 cases predicted this winter, President Joe Biden said he's pushing to get more Americans vaccinated with a new ...
• Benjamin Crump social justice center to open at Florida law school - NBC News December 3, 2021
  Lawyer Benjamin Crump, who has represented the families of George, Floyd Breonna Taylor and other victims of police violence, will have a new ...
• States offer jobless aid to workers fired over employer vaccine requirement - CBS News December 3, 2021
  "No Iowan should be forced to lose their job or livelihood over the COVID-19 vaccine," she said in a statement at the time. Lawmakers in Florida ...
• DeSantis proposes a new civilian military force in Florida that he would control - CNN December 3, 2021
  The Florida National Guard has also played a vital role during the pandemic in administering Covid-19 tests and distributing vaccines.
• COVID update: New death tolls for South Florida counties as 91 more added across state December 3, 2021
  There were 1,319 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, according to a Thursday report by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, which ...
• Biden launching winter COVID-19 booster, testing campaign - Tampa Bay Times December 2, 2021
  The White House released details of Biden's plan early Thursday, in advance of the speech. Related: Florida COVID cases fell Thanksgiving week, but so ...
• Art Basel returns to Miami Beach, but with COVID-19 protocols - WINK News December 2, 2021
  About 80,000 people are expected at shows across South Florida. It's a nice change from 2020 when the pandemic forced the show online only. Not anyone ...
• A misleading COVID-19 map from the CDC left out data for Florida. Just like that, it changed ... - MSN December 2, 2021
  A widely shared but misleading federal map that drew national attention for painting a sunny picture of COVID-19 in Florida was finally updated ...
• AdventHealth will not require staff vaccinations against COVID-19 after judge haults federal mandate December 2, 2021
  With the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers blocked, Florida hospitals can avoid breaking state law.
• Drifter killed Florida boy, 14, in a 'completely random act,' police say - NBC News December 2, 2021
  Authorities arrested a "homeless drifter" accused of killing a 14-year-old Florida boy last month in a "completely random act," police said ...
• A misleading map of COVID in Florida changed overnight - Sun Sentinel December 2, 2021
  A misleading COVID-19 map from the CDC left out data for Florida. Just like that, it changed overnight. · Public health experts say the delta wave's ...
• New DOH video on COVID prevention leaves out mask wearing, testing | WPEC December 2, 2021
  A new video by the Florida Department of Health, featuring new Surgeon General Dr. ... received monoclonal antibodies for their COVID-19 infections.
• AdventHealth suspends vaccine mandate for employees - Click Orlando December 2, 2021
  AdventHealth announced on Thursday its suspending the COVID-19 vaccine ... Central Florida man to surprise 13 families in need this holiday season ...
• Florida judge again rejects temporary halt in COVID-19 vaccine fight | WLRN December 2, 2021
  Disagreeing with two judges in other parts of the country, a Pensacola-based federal judge is standing behind her decision to reject Florida's ...
• OPINION: Florida homeowners deserve protection - Sarasota Herald-Tribune December 2, 2021
  Florida has not released $676 million in homeowner assistance funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to help keep those affected by the COVID-19 ...