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U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Jerome Adams visited South Florida to talk about federal efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the area and hand out masks with other Florida officials. “What we’re doing is we’re identifying problem areas around the country and sending in surge testing sites like we’re doing here in Miami to decrease turnaround times...

Jackie Nespral spoke with the Vice Admiral about what the latest numbers tell us as well as a special message for those most at risk

President Donald Trump has declared U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams a rising star for his work during the coronavirus outbreak

During a coronavirus task force briefing the Surgeon General Jerome Adams made remarks about “drugs, tobacco and alcohol” and “big momma” related to the black community and the coronavirus. In response to the much-publicized remarks black health professionals are calling his remarks irresponsible and lacking awareness, NBC News reported. Adam’s remarks come as health experts continue to highlight the...

The U.S. surgeon general says that Americans should brace for levels of tragedy reminiscent of the Sept. 11 attacks and the bombing of Pearl Harbor, while the nation’s infectious disease chief warned that the new coronavirus may never be completely eradicated from the globe.

President Donald Trump spoke at a press conference on Monday alongside Vice President Mike Pence and the administration’s Coronavirus Task Force. Trump announced “dramatic” economic measures would be proposed to Congressional leadership on Tuesday. In the United States, the coronavirus has infected more than 600 people and killed more than 26.

The U.S. Surgeon General on Thursday urged all healthy Americans to consider donating blood to help fight a potential nationwide shortage amid the coronavirus outbreak. “Social distancing does not have to mean social disengagement,” Jerome Adams said at a White House press briefing in which he urged anyone who can to “give blood today.”

Surgeon General Jerome Adams addressed the media on Tuesday at a joint press conference with Vice President Mike Pence and other officials in the Trump administration working to respond to the Coronavirus outbreak.

There have been 2,034 cases of Hepatitis A in Florida since the beginning of the year. By comparison, there were 548 cases last year and 276 cases in 2017.

Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor and Republican U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis are pushing to exempt premium cigars from federal rules.

When the call went out for a doctor on board, the U.S. surgeon general says he gladly stepped in to help with a medical emergency on a commercial flight. Dr. Jerome Adams, an anesthesiologist, said he assisted someone on a Delta Air Lines jet as he prepared to fly Wednesday to Jackson, Mississippi.

Hollywood police have joined forces with a neighborhood watch app, hoping it will reduce crime in the city. NBC 6’s Stephanie Bertini reports.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott and top officials with the Centers for Disease Control made a stop in South Florida Thursday to visit the epicenter of Miami-Dade’s fight against the Zika virus.

Gov. Rick Scott says Florida officials continue to work with health care providers and the Center for Disease Control in an effort to prepare Florida for any possible Ebola cases.