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Florida has become the new epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. Meanwhile, 60% of hospitals in the state could face a critical staffing shortage within the next seven days, according to the Florida Hospital Association. CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports on the crisis, and Dr. Ron Elfenbein, medical director and owner of First Call Medical Center, joined CBSN to discuss the state's latest surge.
Florida just set a new record for COVID hospitalizations, with 135 of those being children, the highest ever. Governor DeSantis is now blaming immigration for the spread of COVID. CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez spoke to locals and medical experts about what's truly driving the spike in cases.
More than 12,000 patients are hospitalized in Florida with the coronavirus, setting a pandemic record. Many of them are unvaccinated. Manuel Bojorquez has the latest.
More than 100 state legislators from over 20 states have joined activists in Washington pushing for voting reform legislation. Representative Anna Eskamani of Florida was one of the lawmakers rallying on Capitol Hill. She joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano with more.
Governor Ron DeSantis attributed the current spike in infections to the season.
The White House says a new moratorium on evictions will be put into effect for parts of the country with higher case counts of COVID-19. It follows days of protest by progressive Democrats who camped outside the U.S. Capitol after the CDC's moratorium was allowed to expire over the weekend. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang, Axios congressional reporter Alayna Treene, and Politico national political correspondent Meridith McGraw join CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with the details, and the White House's reaction to sexual harassment claims against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
This is a first look at dramatic bodycam footage from officers who responded to the scene of the deadly condo collapse in Surfside, Florida.
First, it was the most new daily cases since the pandemic's start. Now, it's a hospitalizations record. Hospitals are being overrun, and patients are getting younger.
Florida health officials report more than 21,000 new infections in a single day. However, the state has a 60% vaccination rate for people over the age of 12. Dr. Kartik Cherabuddi, an epidemiologist and associate professor of infections diseases at the University of Florida, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss how concerning the surge in Florida is and why masks are needed to slow the variant down.
Florida reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, breaking a pandemic record.
COVID-19 hospitalizations almost doubled in the last week, and the vast majority of those patients are unvaccinated. Virus hot spots, including Florida and Hawaii, face record-breaking infection levels, but how their governors are reacting is dramatically different. Lilia Luciano reports.
The executive order bars school districts from forcing students to mask up, despite new guidance from the CDC, and as COVID-19 cases climb in the state like never before.
Masks are required at places like the Skyliner and the monorail -- regardless of your vaccination status, Disney said.
A toxic red tide has killed 1,000 tons of sea life and made it hard for humans to breathe along Florida's Gulf Coast, just as the economy recovers. Senior environmental correspondent Ben Tracy takes an up-close look at the devastation and how climate change may be contributing to the problem.
Officials at the University of Florida Health Jacksonville say they're hitting numbers of COVID-19 patients higher than any they've seen during the pandemic. More than 90% of those patients are unvaccinated, and only roughly 50% of the hospital staff is vaccinated. Manuel Bojorquez reports on the battle in a state that accounts for 1 in 5 of the nation's new coronavirus cases.
Estelle Hedaya, 54, has been identified as the final victim in June's condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida, bringing the death toll to 98 people. CBS News' Laura Podesta joins CBSN AM with more.
The last remaining missing person in the Surfside, Florida, condo collapse has been accounted for and identified, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced Monday. A total of 98 victims have been identified and 242 people are accounted for. Read more here.
Unemployed Floridians in Broward County join peers in Oklahoma, Texas and Indiana in fighting for extra $300 a week in aid.
All 50 states are reporting an increase in COVID-19 infections as the Delta variant surges and vaccination rates slow. CBS News' Laura Podesta joins CBSN AM with the latest.
The collapse killed 97 people, and one woman is still missing.
Recovery work at the collapsed condo site in Surfside, Florida, ended Friday. At least 97 people died in the collapse. One woman is still missing.
A licensed public adjuster wrote in the Orlando Sentinel that the deadly Surfside, Florida, condo collapse should be a lesson for Puerto Rico. Jack Hanks pointed to condo buildings on the island that remain damaged years after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory. Hanks, the CEO and president of Velocity Public Adjusting, joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero to discuss.
Earlier this year, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed a law prohibiting companies from mandating vaccines as a prerequisite for service. In an op-ed for the Miami Herald, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine said DeSantis was putting people and the cruise industry in jeopardy. Levine, the CEO of Royal Media Partners, joins CBSN AM to discuss.
Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the recent rise in COVID cases in Florida, and the push to vaccinate more Americans. Plus, how he believes the U.S. should respond to recent unrest in Cuba, Haiti and Afghanistan.
The reporter who helped bring Jeffrey Epstein's sex abuse case to the national spotlight has written a new book about her years-long investigation. "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story" tells the stories of his alleged victims and the "failures of the criminal justice system." Author Julie K. Brown, an investigative reporter for the Miami Herald, joins CBSN to discuss the case and why she thinks there are too many unanswered questions regarding Epstein's suicide.
Legal experts say Trump lacks authority to designate domestic terrorist organizations, but the planned move could still affect some law enforcement approaches.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, with members appointed by RFK Jr., is meeting to discuss and vote on COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized France's decision to recognize a Palestinian state, calling it "reckless" — French President Emmanuel Macron told CBS News the response was "excessive."
The House is set to vote Friday morning on a Republican measure to keep the government funded until Nov. 21.
Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon opened their late-night shows using a mix of humor, song and expressions of solidarity with suspended ABC host Jimmy Kimmel.
The outgoing head of Britain's MI6 spy agency says Russia's Vladimir Putin is "stringing us along," with no interest in a Ukraine peace deal.
In a video that captures the encounter, a student confronts a professor over class curriculum surrounding gender identity.
Authorities had been searching for Travis Decker since May 30, when he didn't return his three daughters to their mother's home in Wenatchee, Washington.
A Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent shot a person in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, the city's mayor said.