Coronavirus

Restrictions that have prevented hundreds of thousands of migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. in recent years remained on track to expire in a matter of days after an appeals court ruling Friday, as thousands more migrants packed shelters on Mexico’s border with the U.S. The ruling from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that he plans to petition the state’s Supreme Court to convene a grand jury to investigate “any and all wrongdoing” with respect to the COVID-19 vaccines. The Republican governor, often mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2024, gave no specifics on what wrongdoing the panel would investigate but suggested […]

Ninety-seven million Americans have had COVID-19. For most of us, it’s a few days of aches, pains and fatigue, but some will become COVID-19 long-haulers, and the world’s first 4D scan is changing how doctors diagnose and treat long COVID. Amy Dutrisac tells a familiar story. “I had no energy, my lungs were aching, I […]

A fired Florida health department data manager charged with illegally accessing state computers after she publicly accused officials of wanting to make COVID-19 statistics look less dire has reached an agreement with prosecutors that should result in the case being dropped. Rebekah Jones, who helped design the state’s coronavirus website, signed an agreement with prosecutors […]

Health experts in 2021, gave a warning about potential ‘twindemic’, cases of Covid and the flu rising during the winter. As families prepare for the holidays in 2022, the threat has escalated and evolved into a potential ‘tripledemic’. A ‘twindemic’ is when two different viruses spread simultaneously, while a ‘tripledemic’ would involve three. Infants and […]

A Florida man who fled the U.S. and was eventually arrested in Croatia has pleaded guilty to fraud, stealing more than $7.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds. Don V. Cisternino, 46, of Chuluota, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Orlando federal court to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and illegal monetary transaction, according to court documents. His […]

President Joe Biden says the pandemic is over. Cases are down, but hundreds of people are still dying each day from COVID-19. The face of the pandemic may very well be Doctor Anthony Fauci. He maintains that Americans should not let their guard down, despite what the president said Sunday on 60 Minutes. “The pandemics […]

More than a year after the lawsuit was filed, an appeals court Tuesday waded into a fight about whether the Florida Department of Health should be required to provide daily COVID-19 data. The lawsuit in Leon County circuit court has been on hold since January amid an appeal about testimony and information that could provide […]

With a new COVID-19 booster approved and headed to healthcare providers, WINK News is digging into what you need to know about whether to boost or not to boost. The latest booster is called a Bivalent vaccine. The FDA and the CDC approved this updated shot that targets both the original strain and the widely […]

Updated COVID-19 booster shots, tailored to the most widespread virus variants, will be available within days. The BA.5 variant of the omicron strain is dominant, and shots will help protect you as we head into the fall. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says the vaccine will be outdated if the department waits too long to […]