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Julian Hernandez (right), 12, a seventh-grader at Hillside School in Illinois, says he feels much safer being back in school knowing that a weekly testing program is identifying those who are sick with COVID-19.

How Some Schools Are Using Weekly Testing To Keep Kids In Class — And COVID Out

Many K-12 school districts are tapping federal funds to pay for regular surveillance testing of students. It's an effective pandemic tactic when used alongside mask-wearing and other precautions.

From the Pages of Orlando Weekly: Rep. Val Demings says FDA’s archaic limitations on donating blood may finally be updated

Florida Congresswoman Val Demings was one of six U.S representatives who signed a letter to the Food and Drug Administration in June asking the FDA to reconsider its longtime policy of banning LGBTQ people — specifically, men who sleep with men — from donating blood.

Listen In: UCF's Dr. Karen Hofmann Says Togetherall Could Save Lives. The Website Connects Students with Free Peer-to-Peer Mental Health Support.

A new website called Togetherall is helping University of Central Florida students connect to peer support groups around mental health topics from suicide to depression.

Hundreds attended a meeting in Wildwood Tuesday night as the Sumter County Commission addressed the future ambulance service. Photo: Joe Byrnes, WMFE

Sumter County will drop AMR, split ambulance service between The Villages and county fire departments

In the meantime, AMR has hired more people to try and help lessen the response times and increased pay.

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Is The Worst Over? Modelers Predict A Steady Decline In COVID Cases Through March

Though infections are still sky-high, the U.S. may be turning a corner, according to a consortium of researchers who forecast the pandemic. And we may well be spared a winter surge.

Val and Jerry Demings Story Corps 2019: Credit: WMFE

Listen In: Rep. Demings Says Gay and Bisexual Men Should Continue to Enroll in ADVANCE Study, Even as FDA Promises to Seek Alternatives to Blood Donation Ban

The FDA has announced in a letter to Rep. Val Demings and five other colleagues that it’s seeking alternatives to a blanket blood donation ban on some LGBTQ people.

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BTS Spoke At The UNGA. And That's Not The Only Surprise At The U.N. Event

The appearance of the popular boy band from South Korea is one of many unexpected moments at the United Nations General Assembly — everything from a U.N. TikTok to a groundbreaking food summit.

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U.S. Border Agents Chased Migrants On Horseback. A Photographer Explains What He Saw

"I thought the Haitians were quite scared, and I think there was probably some panic which resulted in them trying to run around the horses," photographer Paul Ratje says.

Get Vaccinated at the Orlando Science Center This Saturday, Receive a Complimentary Ticket to Visit the Museum

The free vaccination event at the Orlando Science Center will take place on September 25th.

The Inspiration4 crew takes a selfie from SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule. Photo: Inspiration4

Can We Call The Inspiration4 Crew Astronauts?

Looking back at Inspiration 4’s launch and the future of commercial astronauts.

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