Miami-Dade County

At a virtual press conference Monday, Mayor Gimenez and his team of medical experts emphasized that the coronavirus outbreak in South Florida had reached a point of urgency due to a lack of public adherence to public health guidelines.

A rental assistance program is now available to help residents of Miami-Dade County who are struggling as a result of the pandemic. The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) provides a one-time benefit to assist with one month’s rent for low and moderate income households in the county. To qualify, a household must: Earn no more than 80% of the...

Why do some get severely sick from the coronavirus, while some show mild to no symptoms at all? Previous cases are giving researchers some ideas about who has a higher risk of catching COVID-19, and how those risks are impacting the severity of the disease.

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Adam Berg has your morning forecast for July 13, 2020.

NBC 6 Meteorologist Ryan Phillips has your evening forecast for July 12, 2020

Continuing a week long trend of record breaking numbers, the coronavirus numbers released Sunday by the Florida Department of Health set yet another record.

Record setting heat could be in the cards for South Florida to end the weekend in your First Alert Doppler 6000 forecast.

NBC 6 Meteorologist Ryan Phillips has your evening forecast for July 11, 2020

NBC 6 First Alert Forecast– July 11, 2020

Meteorologist Ryan Phillips has the evening forecast for Friday, July 10, 2020

NBC 6’s Roxanne Vargas sat down with Dr. Allan Stewart, Chief of Cardiac Surgery at HCA East Florida, about what the risks and benefits are of working out with a mask, and what we should watch out for when doing it.

NBC 6’s Roxanne Vargas sat down with Dr. Allan Stewart, Chief of Cardiac Surgery at HCA East Florida, about what the risks and benefits are of working out with a mask, and what we should watch out for when doing it.

Some Miami-Dade restaurant owners want County Mayor Carlos Gimenez to loosen restrictions currently in place for their businesses. Restaurant owners and workers protested outside of AmericanAirlines Arena Friday in response to the latest executive order prohibiting indoor dining at restaurants across the county. According to the order, only outdoor seating, take-out, and delivery service may be offered. “If you...

Heat and rain will be the story for the rest of the week and into the weekend with your First Alert Doppler 6000 forecast.

Heat advisories are in place for parts of South Florida with triple digit feels like temperatures in your First Alert Doppler 6000 Forecast

Meteorologist Steve MacLaughlin has the evening forecast for Thursday, July 9, 2020

New rules for gyms and restaurants are in effect in Miami-Dade as as city mayors push back on the county order. NBC 6’s Laura Rodriguez reports.

Miami-Dade County’s mayor has signed off on funding that will provide hundreds of contact tracers with funding amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic – but mayors of the county’s biggest cities want more. Mayor Carlos Gimenez announced the $14 million agreement will provide for an extra 250 tracers in the county through the end of the year. “Miami-Dade County has been…

The amount of vote-by-mail requests in South Florida has never been higher. Supervisors of Elections in Broward and Miami-Dade counties told NBC 6 that fears over catching the coronavirus at an in-person polling location caused more people to request to vote by mail. In the State of Florida, any registered voter can vote by mail if they want to. Both…