News Service of Florida

DeSantis’ executive order banning schools from requiring students to wear masks relied on Rivkees’ health advisory.

“I believe the results of their decisions are not good for their constituents,” Biden said.

DeSantis, saying he’s “happy about the progress” of the state’s red-tide mitigation efforts the past three years.

The rules will include reducing the amount of pesticides, fertilizers, animal waste and other pollutants entering state waters.

Most universities began publishing plans for a return to normalcy around the time the university system’s Board of Governors issued guidance in May.

In the lawsuit, Coral Ridge argued that it had been defamed by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The federal government has not mandated masks in schools.

The pediatricians’ statement said children under age 12 remain ineligible for vaccinations and that most children are at risk of infection and transmitting the virus to other people.

Florida was responsible for about one in five new COVID-19 cases reported nationally Wednesday.

“This is very simple and very serious. As an employer, we are required to provide a safe work environment for employees, and unvaccinated employees pose a significant risk to spread the virus.”

With the increase in cases Tuesday, Florida’s seven-day “moving” average of new cases was 13,502.

The ban, a priority of DeSantis, prevents businesses from requiring customers to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19.

But CDC attorneys fired back Sunday, describing as “baseless” the state’s arguments that the federal health agency violated the injunction.

Health care providers ranging from Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville to small physicians’ offices are beginning to put requirements in place for staff members to get vaccinated.

The event was held as hospitals across the state are seeing sharp increases in COVID-19 patients because of the delta variant of the coronavirus and lagging vaccination rates.

“This marks the first time that an adult company has looked to partner with NCAA athletes.”

Her appointment to the university board will require Senate confirmation.