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Christine Jordan SextonOctober 28, 2014

Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday took a few minutes out of his re-election campaign to brief legislators on Florida’s preparations on Ebola. Scott did not discuss anything beyond what he has already publicly announced last week including that he will use $7 million in federal grant money to help prepare the state for an Ebola […]

Christine Jordan SextonOctober 28, 2014

Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday took a few minutes out of his re-election campaign to brief legislators on Florida’s preparations on Ebola. Scott did not discuss anything beyond what he has already publicly announced last week including that he will use $7 million in federal grant money to help prepare the state for an Ebola […]

Diane RobertsOctober 27, 2014

I don’t know about you, but this latest epidemic is really freaking me out. The experts say it’s hard to catch — you can’t get it merely by living in the same state as infected people or being exposed to toxic campaign ads. But what if they’re wrong? What if stupidity is airborne? Everywhere you […]

Guest AuthorOctober 26, 2014

Once upon a time — so goes a Jewish folk tale — in the small town of Belz in Poland, the Yom Kippur fast became a trying ordeal for the pious congregants. Normally, Yom Kippur is a solemn occasion. On this day each year God judges us to life or death with irreversible finality. No more prayers, nighttime recitation of psalms, no […]

Peter SchorschOctober 16, 2014

If the election for Florida governor were held today, less than 24 hours after Fangate or Fanghazi, it’s likely Democrat Charlie Crist would win his old job back. Not by much, but by the few points afforded to him by Republican Rick Scott’s for-the-history-books petulance. Or maybe not. Maybe there just aren’t enough undecided voters […]

Guest AuthorOctober 15, 2014

Help books, talk shows and countless studies help parents maneuver through the tween years. They are primarily focused on girls and boys between the ages of, “What do these growing body parts do?” and “Let’s do these growing body parts.” What about real tweens? Those of us in our mid-40s, straddled between two unruly generations […]

Peter SchorschOctober 12, 2014

A recent AP poll revealed that Americans are worried that our government can’t protect us. And not without good reason — the botched handling of an Ebola victim, videos of police violence looping on the nightly news, arson-caused wildfires ravaging homes, ISIS threatening our homeland — are stoking a growing sense of vulnerability among Americans to […]

Marc YachtOctober 6, 2014

The recent U.S. Ebola cases alarm some Americans, but their concerns are unwarranted. Such dangerous infectious diseases can be controlled as long as our federal and local public health agencies have adequate resources. Americans should remember SARS, West Nile Virus and Swine Flu. All were dangerous outbreaks. But for the most part, U.S. public health […]

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Gov. Scott talks Ebola briefly with legislators, defers specific questions to state's surgeon general

Gov. Scott talks Ebola briefly with legislators, defers specific questions to state’s surgeon general

Diane Roberts: Epidemic freaks me out; what if stupidity is airborne?

Rachel Patron: We need dynamic leaders to restore the nation’s self-confidence

Peter Schorsch: The two worst days of Gov. Rick Scott’s re-election campaign

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Grappling with guilt as parents grow older

Peter Schorsch: Florida’s leaders need to protect our infrastructure from attack

Marc Yacht: U.S. safe from Ebola if public health workers have proper resources