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COVID-19 hotspots in Jacksonville, Central and South Florida are crowding hospitals and putting pressure on front-line medical staff. Justin Senior, CEO of the Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida joins Intersection to explain how hospitals are responding to the surge.

Attorneys with the nonprofit Disability Independence Group say kids with disabilities are more at risk from COVID-19 and they argue the governor is forcing school districts to violate the Americans with Disabilities Act by banning mask mandates at public schools.

County Mayor Jerry Demings says the decision was made due to the fact that children 11 years old and younger can’t get the shot yet.

Central Florida children’s hospitals continue to report increasing numbers of pediatric COVID-19 cases filling beds as hospitalizations surge across the state.

AdventHealth doctors are pleading with Central Floridians to get vaccinated and mask up to protect children under 12 as the number of pediatric cases rises in the state.

NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, about booster shots, vaccine equity among countries and what schools can do to start the academic year safely.

NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Tampa-based epidemiologist Dr. Vincent Hsu about the state's strained health care resources amid a new surge of coronavirus cases. He says it's the worse it's ever been.

In the pandemic, child care has gotten the attention of policymakers like never before, and billions of dollars in emergency funds have stabilized the industry. Biden wants more.

A study of a thousand women is underway to determine when during pregnancy is the best time to get a COVID-19 vaccine, and whether infants will be protected by the vaccine once they are born.

NPR's A Martínez talks to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby about moves toward a vaccine mandate, and why it's essential for America's fighting force to be protected against COVID-19.