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Virginia’s Youngkin aims to bolster mental health care, part of national focus after the pandemic
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando John Clair, the police chief of a small Appalachian town in southwest Virginia, spends his days consumed by a growing problem: the frequency with which his officers are tapped to detain, transport and wait in hospitals with people in the...
New York woman sentenced to probation and fines in COVID aid fraud schemes
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando A Brooklyn woman who pleaded guilty to fraud in connection with various pandemic-era relief schemes was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation and $650,000 in penalties.Prosecutors said Chanette Lewis, 32, carried out some of the...
How to get COVID-19 antiviral pills like Paxlovid
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando For some people with COVID-19, antiviral pills that can be taken at home can lessen the chances of winding up in the hospital.But the pills have to be taken right away, so you must get tested, obtain a prescription and get the medication...
Paxlovid can lessen the chance of a severe COVID-19 illness. Why is it underused?
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Tens of thousands of Americans are hospitalized with COVID-19 every week. Thousands die from it every month. And yet, an antiviral treatment proven to lessen the chances of severe outcomes is going underused. The drug, Paxlovid, is...
Florida attorney general set to ask state Supreme Court to keep abortion protections off the ballot
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Florida's attorney general is expected to ask the state Supreme Court to keep an abortion-rights measure off November's ballot on Wednesday, saying it misleads voters and could be used to expand abortion rights in the future.Proponents...
Scotland ex-leader admits deleting COVID WhatsApp messages but insists no decisions were made on app
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando A former leader of Scotland acknowledged on Wednesday that she deleted WhatsApp messages sent during the COVID-19 pandemic, but she insisted that anything of relevance to how policymaking was conducted had been made available for the...
A COVID-era program is awash in fraud. Ending it could help Congress expand the child tax credit
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando When IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel met privately with senators recently, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee asked for his assessment of a startling report: A whistleblower estimated that 95% of claims now being made by...
The ‘Black Death’ once struck this Florida city. Could it happen again?
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Nowadays, plagues aren’t a regular occurrence in the United States, and especially not in Florida.However, the deadliest plague in history once struck the Sunshine State at the start of the 20th century, according to the Florida state...
Walgreens to pay $275,000 to settle allegations in Vermont about service during pandemic
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Walgreens has agreed to pay a $275,000 fine to settle allegations that some of its Vermont stores temporarily closed without notice, had untenable working conditions for pharmacists and made medication and vaccination errors during the...
🤒 Parents’ guide to virus triple-threat: Flu, COVID and RSV
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando It’s the winter “sick season” and pediatricians’ offices, urgent care centers, and pediatric hospitals are packed.Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which causes colds and sometimes serious respiratory problems in babies and older...
How to stay healthy during cold, flu and COVID-19 season
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Winter is here, inflicting its usual array of symptoms — coughs, nasal congestion, fatigue and fever — and, this year, a new COVID-19 variant is dominating the scoreboard. COVID-19 is leading hospital admissions among the respiratory...
These are the unhealthiest states in the US. Where’s Florida rank?
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Last week, Forbes Advisor released its ranking of states based on which had the least healthy populations.To do so, researchers examined the substance abuse rates, lifestyle habits and disease risk factors for each of the 50...