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A major shift in CDC policy announced Friday freed much of the country of wearing masks indoors, but not most of Northeast Florida. Duval, St. Johns, Clay, Nassau and Baker counties all are considered high risk, meaning masks are still recommended indoors.

A UF Health Jacksonville official does not recommend fully vaccinated people in North Florida wear masks.Chad Nielsen, Director of Accreditation and…

Classroom desks only need to be three feet apart in elementary schools, according to new coronavirus guidelines issued Friday by the Centers for Disease…

An executive order signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis loosens the criteria for restaurant employees with coronavirus to return to work.Executive Order…

The Centers for Disease Control is now recommending that everyone wear a cloth face mask whenever we go anywhere outside our homes. To help make more…

In 2016, then-Duval Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said the district needed to expand student mental health services and advocate for more mental health…

Federal health officials are calling on Congress to create a permanent public-health emergency fund to make it easier to respond to epidemics.The call…

More Duval County middle and high schoolers are abstaining from sex.The Center for Disease Control’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows the percent of Duval…

A strain of treatment-resistant head lice, nicknamed "super lice," have been reported in more than two dozen states, including Florida.And, as every…

A new law went into effect Wednesday that allows Florida pharmacies to give more types of vaccines to customers.Pharmacies were previously allowed to…