Health

Advocates on the ground say Miami-Dade jails appear unsanitary and unprepared — and still filled with arrestees at high risk of contracting coronavirus.

The “Take a Breather” initiative aims to connect hospitals with plastic surgeons who can loan out their spare ventilators.

Among health officials’ new recommendations: Younger patients with mild symptoms should not rush out to get tested for COVID-19.

A drive-thru testing site in Broward County has already drawn a massive line of worried Floridians.

Immigrant activists have lambasted Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam for remaining quiet about check-ins at the local ICE facility.

Committing to self-care might feel like climbing a mountain during an avalanche right now, but it’s critical to take care of your mental and physical health.

Miami Beach has made national news as spring breakers have continued to party — often unabashedly — on the beach as COVID-19 spreads.

Harvard researchers found that only a 20 percent COVID-19 infection rate would overwhelm hospitals in the Miami area.

The homeless clients include a woman in her mid-40s and a man and woman in their 70s.

Drive-thru COVID-19 testing is now available in Miami-Dade County.

People who were in courtroom 6-2 are being asked to self-quarantine.

Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle says her office is formulating a plan to release misdemeanor and nonviolent inmates.

The five groups say Florida’s vote-by-mail deadlines for the primary should be extended to March 27.

An online buddy system in Miami is connecting healthy adults with those unable to leave their homes during the coronavirus pandemic.

Critics say Miami-Dade County isn’t doing enough to protect inmates during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Some observers see religious services, with so many people in close quarters, as potential incubators for the virus.

Arriola made a self-described bold proposal: that the city consider infecting its first responders with the novel coronavirus so they could develop antibodies.

Suarez earlier this week met with Brazilian government officials, one of whom later tested positive for the virus.

Miami-Dade County Commissioner Joe Martinez posted multiple photos of himself touching the elderly and shaking their hands.

Activists say immigrants waiting at the ICE office in Miramar could be unnecessarily exposed to the novel coronavirus.

A 56-year-old Miami-Dade man who traveled outside Florida has become the county’s first resident to contract COVID-19.

During an emergency coronavirus meeting, Martinez complained he’s sick of hearing about this darn virus already.