COVID-19

The bill would block emergency government orders from “directly or indirectly” preventing religious institutions from conducting services or activities. Some churches were forced to close during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

UF Health Jacksonville is part of a nationwide COVID-19 clinical trial studying whether three drugs approved to treat other conditions — including the controversial ivermectin — may help prevent hospitalizations and deaths.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced changes to Florida’s COVID-19 guidance, including pushing back on corporate masking, reducing isolation for students and other Floridians and giving physicians the flexibility to use off-label prescriptions.

The compensation obligation far exceeds what the city paid in the past during storm-related emergencies when "essential employees" earned extra for reporting to work.

The plan would shift $200 million away from Duval and 11 other school districts that defied a state order banning COVID mask mandates.

It's another discombobulating moment in the pandemic, with conflicting signs of where the virus is heading and what people should do about it on a daily basis. Here's how to cope.

Twelve Florida school districts that defied the state’s ban on mask mandates could lose out on a total of $200 million in state funding.

A lawsuit alleges that the Department of Health violated public-records laws by turning down requests for daily COVID-19 data. The data, in part, would have provided county and demographic information about COVID-19 cases.

Former high school math teacher Sherman Reed is among a growing number of teachers leaving the profession. A new poll from the National Educators Association found that 55% of teachers plan to leave teaching earlier than they originally planned.