Category: Health

Local donors contributed 4,214 jars of peanut butter to this year’s statewide Peanut Butter Challenge—more than any other Florida county—helping stock food pantries before the…

Lakeview Center received a significant boost to its mission this week with a $567,305 grant from Covenant Care Foundation, ensuring that thousands of uninsured residents…

The Pensacola City Council will consider hiring Bayou District Consulting, LLC, to provide development advisory services for the redevelopment of the Baptist Hospital Legacy Campus….

State Rep. Alex Andrade revealed new evidence confirming that the controversial $10 million payment to the Hope Florida Foundation was indeed Medicaid money—and that the…

A Thanksgiving weekend arrest has set the stage for a First Amendment battle between Food Not Bombs and the City of Pensacola over weekly meal…

Studer Family Children’s Hospital has received a four-year grant from the Florida Blue Foundation to establish a new mental health support program for children and…

The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has amended its contract with Sunshine State Plan, Inc. for its Statewide Medical Managed Care Program. The amendment,…

Temperatures are expected to plunge into the 30s next week, and requests for assistance from seniors are exceeding the number of donated items to meet…

Gov. DeSantis is running out of reasons for press conferences. He has moved into repeat mode, hoping no one will notice. However, both of these…

Inweekly has obtained the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Annual Legislative Report, dated October 1, 2025. Full Report: fiar-annual-report-2025 Background: The Florida Department of Health…

State Rep. Alex Andrade (R-Pensacola) seeks to tackle one of the state’s most troubling healthcare disparities: infant mortality rates that disproportionately affect Black families. In…

The 2025 Civic Leaders Summit and Inweekly may have jump-started a community conversation on how to reduce Escambia County’s infant mortality rate. Two state lawmakers…

Board members raise questions about expenses, missing audits, and mission drift as three providers face additional review. What was expected to be a routine renewal…

At the 2025 Civic Leaders Summit, Jill Miller, the president and CEO of Bethesda Inc. and the bi3 Fund, shared how Cincinnati conquered what many…

When Jill Miller, President and CEO of Bethesda Inc. and the bi3 Fund, stood on the Saengar Theatre stage at the 2025 Civic Leader Summit,…

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would expand eligibility for Medicaid coverage have shelved…

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves told me this afternoon that his legal staff is in communication with county staff regarding the offer the Board of County…

A new emergency medicine residency program at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in partnership with The Florida State University College of Medicine aims to increase the…

This week, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo publicly stated their intention to end all state vaccine mandates, including those required for…

HCA Florida West Hospital announced the appointment of Karl Leistikow as its new chief executive officer, bringing decades of healthcare leadership experience to the Pensacola-area…