Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant is planning a new location in Cape Coral, Florida. Based on past timelines, the restaurant could open in about 15 to 18 months. The chain is also expanding its pizza ...

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said he doesn't need to study the potential impact of ending vaccine mandates for children before his state becomes the first to do so in 45 years. "We do have ...

The Democratic governors of California, Oregon and Washington said Sept. 3 they are forming an alliance to coordinate vaccine recommendations for their states. Meanwhile, Florida announced plans to ...

CHICAGO, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Florida plans to end all state vaccine mandates, state officials have said, alarming public health experts concerned the move could trigger outbreaks of certain infectious ...

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Home Base Florida received $1.5 million in state funding to expand services for veterans and their families. The funding will support outreach in Southwest Florida and Pensacola, including telehealth ...

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced on Wednesday that he plans to have the state eliminate all vaccine mandates. This decision is shocking for a number of reasons. Over my 40 years of ...

It's an extreme, albeit predictable, irony that the years of imperious, novel public health mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic are giving way to a backlash against once-routine, noncontroversial ...

Florida is officially moving to eliminate all vaccine mandates, including those for schoolchildren. The announcement came from Florida’s surgeon general Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo in a press conference ...