Julio Ochoa
Julio Ochoa is editor of Health News Florida.
He comes to WUSF from The Tampa Tribune, where he began as a website producer for TBO.com and served in several editing roles, eventually becoming the newspaper’s deputy metro editor.
Julio was born and raised in St. Petersburg, and received a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado and worked at a paper in Greeley, Colo., before returning to Florida as a reporter and as breaking news editor for the Naples Daily News.
Contact Julio at 813-974-8633, on Twitter at @julioochoa or email .
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The 270 evacuees who landed in Tampa were part of a mission by Project Dynamo and Florida officials to rescue Americans from the war zone. Another seven people landed in Orlando. -
The 76,887 new coronavirus cases brought the state's seven-day daily average to 56,759. -
Between Sunday and Thursday hospitalizations rose 55 percent to 8,406 people. Nearly 1,000 people were in intensive care beds.
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The state is nowhere near its peak of about 17,000 coronavirus hospitalizations during the delta surge.
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Authors of a guide that aims to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates among Certified Nursing Assistants, say trust, not just in the vaccines, but in who is asking or requiring employees to get it is important. -
The long-term forecast shows Elsa heading toward Florida as a tropical storm by Tuesday morning, but some models would carry it into the Gulf or up the Atlantic Coast. -
The state had been releasing up to 50 million gallons a day from the reservoir. The flow is now down to 5 million gallons a day, which will be treated before it enters Tampa Bay. -
The National Guard dropped off pumps in an attempt to drain the reservoir before the hole in the earthen dam becomes larger. -
Studies show that nearly 2 million uninsured Floridians are eligible for subsidized health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. -
Health experts say when test results are delayed it impacts contact tracing and quarantine efforts that help prevent the disease from spreading. -
It is the most ever reported by a state in a single day — exceeding New York's record set in April by more than 3,000 cases. Florida's governor has not issued a statewide mask order.
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When Gov. Ron DeSantis was making the case to reopen Florida at the end of April, he pointed to data about the coronavirus that was trending in the...
