• April is STD awareness month, and the Florida Department of Health is offering free STD testing at locations across the state. Chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV cases are all on the rise in Florida.
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• The state’s first chief science officer is Thomas Frazer, director of the University of Florida’s School of Natural Resources and Environment.
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• A glitch in an air traffic control system called AeroData grounded flights across the country.
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• These include a statewide task force aimed at reducing overdose deaths.
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• MIAMI (AP) — Reflecting on her assault 12 years ago, 41-year-old Wanda Gomez said she did not know if she was going to make it out alive. She had been stabbed multiple times by an angry ex-boyfriend, she said. Her attacker, who was also a co-worker, had been kicked out of her home after he was accused of sexually assaulting Gomez’s school-age daughter.
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• The more than $750,000 dollar grant from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services will be distributed to local agencies who will provide housing and mental health services.
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• President Donald Trump visited Lake Okeechobee Friday.
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