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President Joe Biden speaks Friday about abortion access during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
Biden order faces limits attempting to bolster abortion access
The president is under pressure to act after Roe v. Wade was overturned two weeks ago.
Impassioned Biden signs order on abortion access
President Joe Biden speaks after signing an executive order on Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Services in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Friday in Washington, D.C..
The president said the Supreme Court majority that overturned Roe v. Wade are “playing fast and loose with the facts.”
Pinellas grapples with monkeypox outbreak; fifth case reported
Samples are tested June 6 for the monkeypox virus at a microbiology laboratory in La Paz Hospital in Madrid, Spain.
Contract tracing is underway to find and vaccinate those who came into contact with the infected.
4 monkeypox cases detected in Pinellas County
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Monkeypox, a disease that rarely appears outside Africa, has spread across the world and the first cases have now reached Pinellas County.
It is the first time the viral disease has been detected in Tampa Bay during the current outbreak.

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  1. Val Demings announces she has COVID following Democrats’ conference in Tampa
    Yesterday• Politics
    Congresswoman Val Demings speaks on stage during the Leadership Blue Gala for the Florida Democratic Party on Saturday, July 16, 2022, in Tampa.
  2. Abortion on a ship in the Gulf of Mexico? Advocates get creative to protect access
    Jul. 16• Health
    FILE - An abortion-rights supporter protests at the Mississippi Capitol on June 28, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. A California doctor is proposing a floating abortion clinic in the Gulf of Mexico as a way to maintain access for people in southern states where abortion bans have been enacted.
  3. Recalled Sarasota ice cream had Listeria in 16 of 17 tested flavors, officials say
    Jul. 16• Health
    A label for ice cream made by Big Olaf Creamery, a Sarasota company first linked to a deadly Listeria outbreak on July 1.
  5. COVID-19 cases rise in Florida as BA.5 becomes the region’s dominant strain
    Jul. 16• Health
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's community chart on Friday shows many Florida counties are at "high" risk of COVID-19. Those are the ones colored orange. The "medium" risk counties are colored yellow and "low" risk counties are green.
  6. House votes to restore abortion rights, Senate odds dim
    Jul. 15• Nation & World
    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, accompanied by female House Democrats, speaks at an event ahead of a House vote on the Women's Health Protection Act and the Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act at the Capitol in Washington, Friday.
  7. Florida report on transgender care flawed, politically motivated, Yale experts say
    Jul. 14• Politics
    Jeanette Jennings, mother of transgender advocate Jazz Jennings, speaks in 2020 at a news conference in the Florida Capitol against a bill that would have made it a felony for doctors to provide minors with hormone therapy or to perform sex reassignment surgery. The bill did not pass but Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration is proposing a rule that would prevent the state’s Medicaid program from reimbursing providers for a series of therapies meant to treat gender dysphoria.
  8. 988 suicide crisis line is about to launch. Is Tampa Bay ready?
    Jul. 14• Health
    Thomas Young, right, takes a call from someone in need of counseling at the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay in 2019. The crisis center is now preparing for a flood of calls to the 988 suicide crisis line.
  9. Which Florida Democrat hoping to replace DeSantis is raising more money off abortion?
    Jul. 14• Health
    Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Nikki Fried, left, who’s seeking the Democratic nomination for governor, has sought to paint her opponent Charlie Crist as anti-abortion.
  10. Novavax COVID-19 shot option OK’d by FDA
    Jul. 13• Health
    In this image provided by the Serum Institute of India, vials of freshly manufactured Novavax COVID-19 vaccines wait to be labeled in 2022, in Pune, India. The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice as the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared Novavax shots for adults.
  11. Where Nikki Fried stands on the issues as she runs for governor
    Jul. 12• Politics
    Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, who is running for governor of Florida, answers questions from the Miami Herald Editorial Board, Monday, July 11, 2022.
  12. Pig organ transplants inch closer with testing in the dead
    Jul. 12• Health
    In this July 6 photo provided by NYU Langone Health, surgeons prepare a genetically modified pig heart for transplant into a recently deceased donor at NYU Langone Health in New York. Experiments are raising new hope that pigs might one day help fill a shortage of donated organs — at least, for people who need a new heart or kidney.
  13. Amid abortion battle, they chose permanent birth control. Here’s why.
    Jul. 12• Health
    "Young people have been asking for (sterilizations) all along," one expert said — but doctors have often posed an obstacle, especially for young, childless women. Will a spotlight on sterilization after the fall of Roe change that?
  14. Docs must offer abortion if mom’s life at risk, Biden admin says
    Jul. 12• Health
    Abortion-rights demonstrators shout slogans after tying green flags to the fence of the White House during a protest to pressure the Biden administration to act and protect abortion rights in Washington on Saturday.
  15. Orlando Health announces plans for new hospital in Pasco
    Jul. 11• Health
    The approximate location of the new Orlando Health Wiregrass Ranch Hospital in Pasco County. The first phase of the hospital could begin construction by the end of this year.
  16. How Pfizer won the COVID pandemic, reaping profit and influence
    Jul. 11• Health
    The grinding two-plus years of the pandemic have yielded outsize benefits for one company — Pfizer — making it both highly influential and hugely profitable as COVID-19 continues to infect tens of thousands of people and kill hundreds each day.
  17. Floating abortion clinic in Gulf of Mexico proposed to bypass bans
    Jul. 11• Health
    A California doctor is proposing that a ship offering abortions be placed in the Gulf of Mexico to avoid state abortion bans. This photo shows a ship in the Gulf of Mexico.
  18. Biden says he’s mulling health emergency for abortion access
    Jul. 10• Health
    President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media as he goes on a bike ride in Gordons Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Sunday. [ANDREW HARNIK | Associated Press]
  19. A Florida nursing home lost its Medicare benefits. Residents lost a home.
    Jul. 10• Health
    A vehicle is packed with belongings as a resident of Raydiant Health Care of Brandon moves from the facility at 701 Victoria St., on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, in Brandon. The assisted living facility lost its contract with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid on July 6.
  20. Sarasota-based Big Olaf Creamery agrees to recall ice cream after listeria outbreak
    Jul. 9• Health
    The listeria outbreak has been linked with 23 illnesses across 10 states.
  21. Ex-Disney workers sue, claiming religious discrimination
    Jul. 9• Business
    Performers dressed as Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck and Daisy Duck entertain visitors at Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on April 18, 2022.
  22. Abortion views differ for Tampa area Latinos. How will it play out at the polls?
    Jul. 9• Health
    Lalita Tooley, 53, poses with her two special needs sons Connor, 18, and Jack, 16, in their apartment on Thursday, June 30, 2022 in Riverview.
  23. Florida’s COVID-19 cases ebb as hospitalizations keep climbing
    Jul. 8• Health
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's community chart on Friday shows many Florida counties are at "high" risk of COVID-19. Those are the ones colored orange. The "medium" risk counties are colored yellow and "low" risk counties are green.
  24. Biden order faces limits attempting to bolster abortion access
    Jul. 8• Health
    President Joe Biden speaks Friday about abortion access during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
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