The stalemate between protecting public health during the coronavirus outbreak and allowing commerce to resume is entering its third month in South Florida. Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez has set May 18 as a possible target date to reopen some businesses if COVID-19-related hospitalizations decline. He did not say what type of businesses would be allowed to unlock their doors to serve the public; beaches would remain closed....

A parade of police patrol cars and classic autos was held May 9 to support a little boy named Jakey Duque during the weekend of his 5th birthday. Jakey has Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, a cancerous tumor that begins in a patient’s brain stem. Jakey returned home after being treated at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. He is the son of Karen and Orlando Duque and little brother to Lyla. The highlight of the...

The Town of Miami Lakes is polling business owners about the impact of the coronavirus upon their enterprises.The COVID-19Business AssessmentSurvey is online, and has 14 questions.“The data gathered will provide valuable information on the financial impact of this pandemic on businesses,” said ClarisellDe Cardenas, communications and community affairs public information officer for the town.Businesses in town that were considered...

Don’t be fooled by how easy this exercise for your abdominals may appear. During the past two months of quarantine, if you gained weight and it has settled around your mid-section, this may be the calisthenic for you. 1. Lie on your back and bend your legs at a 90-degree angle. Squeeze an exercise ball with your knees and your arms that are stretched toward the ceiling.2. Contract your abdominal muscles and flatten your lower back...

U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Miami, was the first member of Congress to test positive for COVID-19. Patients like him who survive the virus develop antibodies in their blood plasma. Doctors have been sharing survivors’ plasma with other patients who are fighting the virus, because it is believed to aid their immune systems. To collect plasma, a needle is inserted into a donor’s arm and a tube delivers the blood to a machine,...