Fifteen years ago, Florida braced for a pandemic. Officials knew as early as 2005 that an outbreak could devastate the state and infect much of the population. They wrote reports predicting a ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — August marks six months since Florida leaders announced the first cases of coronavirus in the state. While data released in May suggested as many as 171 cases of COVID-19 ...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows new COVID-19 cases in Florida reached 31,758 on Dec. 23. An all-time pandemic high.

Along with almost 100,000 dead in Florida from COVID-19, the virus' imprint on schools, workplaces and politics lingers after five years.

The Tampa Bay area and Florida are likely to feel more economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic than most parts of the country, a local analysis published Tuesday concludes.

Following the bulk of the COVID-19 pandemic, data from Florida shows a big boost to a rebounding tourism industry.

Visit Florida saw its return on investment fall to 58 cents for every $1 spent on marketing as COVID-19 slammed the doors on the state’s tourism industry, according to a new analysis by state ...

For a time, Tampa Bay was one of the hottest housing markets in the country. But falling prices and lagging sales across the Sunshine State signal a stark reversal from the pandemic-fueled home ...

[BELOW: Recent study reveals the Florida city with the worst bedbug infestations] Nationwide, the top-ranked city was ...

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis called on state lawmakers to make permanent existing penalties for companies that require all employees get the Covid-19 vaccination, his latest move to ...

TAMPA, Fla. — On Jan. 20, 2020, the CDC reported its first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19. Then, on March 1, 2020, state officials announced the first two cases in Florida in Hillsborough ...