Floridians

Wealthy white Floridians outnumber locals getting vaccines in 85% black and Hispanic neighborhood

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Coronavirus vaccines meant for rural Hispanic and black communities in Palm Beach County are instead being allocated for wealthy, white Floridians. According to the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Latinos account for 23.4 percent of all county residents and African American account for 19.8 percent. However, as of Wednesday, just five percent … Read more

More than 35,000 Floridians waited up to two weeks to get ‘unreliable’ coronavirus test results

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A Florida-based health care system says the results of more than 35,000 coronavirus tests are ‘unreliable’. According to AdventHealth, it was concerned with one of of its third-party labs, MicroGen DX, which had been processing the tests. The group says scores of patients likely received false positive or negative results. Meanwhile, thousands went at least … Read more