Abe Aboraya
Health News Florida reporter Abe Aboraya works for WMFE in Orlando. He started writing for newspapers in high school. After graduating from the University of Central Florida in 2007, he spent a year traveling and working as a freelance reporter for the Seattle Times and the Seattle Weekly, and working for local news websites in the San Francisco Bay area. Most recently Abe worked as a reporter for the Orlando Business Journal. He comes from a family of health care workers.
Contact Abe at 407-273-2300 x 183 on Twitter @AbeAboraya or by email.
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Hospitals are using three to four times as much oxygen as they were before the pandemic because more than 17,000 patients are hospitalized statewide with COVID-19. -
Florida added 20,133 cases Thursday, an increase over the last three days, continuing an upward surge from COVID-19. Statewide, another 400 patients were hospitalized in the last day, continuing a record-breaking surge of patients.
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"So we’re optimistic that we’re gonna start getting some approvals this week and then start putting some ships on the map," said Port Canaveral CEO Capt. John Murray.
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A FedEx van carrying 20,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived Tuesday at AdventHealth’s Translational Research Institute, the crucial first step for Central Florida’s frontline health workers to get vaccinated
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More than 50 baby sea turtles have washed back to Brevard County beaches over the last two days because of Tropical Storm Eta.
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Are you voting by mail for the first time? Here's what you need to do to make sure your vote will be counted.
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The question of friendly fire had plagued law enforcement since the June 2016 shooting left 49 dead during Latin Night at the predominantly gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.
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The Orlando Fire Department had been working on a plan to respond to a mass shooting. But at the time of the Pulse nightclub shooting, the plan was on hold and the bulletproof vests sat untouched.
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In the wake of the Parkland shooting, Florida plans to expand paid time off benefits to first responders suffering from PTSD. Those diagnosed before Parkland are not included.
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The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., is speeding a political debate in Florida over paying workers' compensation to sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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The Pulse Nightclub shootings in Orlando a year ago killed 49 people. It was a horrific scene for first responders, and some are still struggling to cope with what they saw that night.
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Authorities are searching for a man who shot and killed an Orlando police officer Monday. The suspect is still on the loose and the manhunt has rattled people living in the tourist destination.
