Mexico's president says nation handling COVID-19 pandemic better than US

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that his country is doing better than the United States in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, even though Mexico’s per capita death rate is probably higher and the country has vaccinated less than 1% of its population.

Amidst pandemic, their best-of-Florida boxes bring the farm to you

Jillian Childs and Cara Lantz put together subscription boxes that will go out to customers across the state and beyond – all full of items made in Florida.

COVID-19’s impact on cancer care has been 'profound,' experts say, with many delaying routine screenings

A survey found many American adults aren’t keeping up with routine cancer screenings, citing fear of COVID-19 as the reason. But delays in diagnosis could lead to a spike in cancer deaths down the road.

PPP loans offered to businesses with up to 20 employees starting Feb. 24

The Biden Administration announced changes Monday to the Paycheck Protection Program, an effort to reach smaller and minority-owned businesses left behind in previous rounds of coronavirus aid.

Transplanted lungs tainted by coronavirus killed woman, infected surgeon, researchers say

Researchers from the University of Michigan Medical School recently published a report about a woman who died of complications related to COVID-19 three days after receiving a coronavirus-tainted double-lung transplant.

COVID-19 relief: House Budget Committee OKs $1.9T bill containing $1,400 checks

Democrats’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package includes one-time $1,400 direct payments for individuals and an incremental minimum wage hike to $15 an hour.

FDA urges makers of COVID-19 vaccines, tests, treatments to adapt to coronavirus variants

As more-contagious variants of the novel coronavirus become dominant in the U.S., the FDA is warning vaccine makers, test manufacturers and developers of COVID-19 antibody treatments that they must adapt.

Biden temporarily targets PPP loans to smallest and minority-owned businesses

The Biden administration is readying changes to the PPP aimed at targeting assistance to businesses that employ 20 or fewer workers and those that are minority-owned.

U.S. coronavirus death toll approaches 500,000

A year into the pandemic, the running total of lives lost was about 498,000 — roughly the population of Kansas City, Missouri.

4 Ybor City bars may lose liquor license for allowing patrons to ignore mask mandate

The city of Tampa says several bars in Ybor City continued allowing patrons inside without masks, despite an ordinance stating that everyone must wear a mask inside a business unless you are actively eating or drinking.

Skateboarding world champion charged for hosting superspreader event

A skateboarding world champion is among five people prosecutors in Southern California have charged with organizing parties that were possible superspreader events amid the pandemic.

Six Flags planning to reopen all parks in 2021, hire thousands of seasonal workers

On Friday, the Texas-based theme park operator announced plans to reopen all 26 of its locations for the 2021 season, including five locations that stayed closed in 2020 due to continued coronavirus restrictions.