Category: Health
Hands of Hope Medical Mission saves lives
Late last month, the Hands of Hope Medical Mission (HHMM) sponsored its first stateside patient operation at the Andrews Institute Surgery Center. Orthopaedic surgeons Drs….
Studer has a new partner
Quint Studer’s new company Healthcare Plus Solutions Group – which he co-founded with Dan Collard of his former company, Studer Group – has become an…
Myers speaking at next WRL
Women for Responsible Legislation will hold their monthly meeting 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, at Pensacola City Hall. This month’s speaker will be…
Humane Five have GoFundMe to pay legal bills
The Pensacola Humane Society board of directors is suing five former department heads and the bookkeeper of its animal shelter in excess of $30,000 claiming…
Mental Health focus
This week, Inweekly delves deeper into mental health care, not just locally but statewide. Escambia County isn’t the only county trying to figure how to…
Podcast: Drug abuse among local teens
Last October, Stephanie Shepard lost her son, age 18, to a drug overdose. Since then, she has formed a nonprofit Hope Above Fear to establish…
Mobile, Ala. has lowest life expectancy
According to MoneyGeek, life expectancy at birth in the United States has experienced a significant decline in recent years, dropping from 77 to 76.1 from…
DeSantis targets prescription drug ‘middlemen’
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Calling for “long overdue reforms,” Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday outlined proposed legislation that would…
Santa Rosa Education Foundation receives grant
Santa Rosa Education Foundation, a local nonprofit that supports education in Santa Rosa School District, today announced it has received a grant for $15,000 as part of a two-year $500,000…
Mental Task Force has surprise meeting
Press Release: The Mental Health Task Force of Northwest Florida is diving into the details this quarter. Through the collaborative work of the Task Force,…
Trust needs to focus on 32505 zip code
The Escambia Children’s Trust meets today to interview 29 providers about their proposals for out-of-school-time programs. While the Trust staff produced a Needs Assessment, it…
Escambia Children’s Trust gives BCC annual report
The Escambia Children’s Trust staff has delivered to the Board of County Commissioners its annual report for 2022. The annual report must include the following:…
Children’s Trust reboots grant reviews
The Escambia Children’s Trust will conduct interviews with the top 29 ranked proposers for its Out-of-School-Time RFP. The first is 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan….
Stakeholders collaborating to avoid Baker Act crisis
By Tom St. Myer Efforts to circumvent a looming mental health treatment crisis in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties are trending in the right direction…
Cities, Counties File Suits Over Opioid Epidemic
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Local governments in Northwest Florida and Miami-Dade County have filed lawsuits seeking damages from the…
Operation Santa
More than 1,400 children in the child welfare system from Escambia to Walton County will experience the magic of Christmas thanks to the support of…
Baptist bonds get BBB rating
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Baptist Health Care Corporation’s (BHCC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB’ and the ratings on approximately $610 million series 2020 A…
COVID-19 vax saved 3.25 million American lives and $1.5 trillion in medical bills.
According to a new modeling study by the Commonwealth Fund, without COVID-19 vaccines, the US would have seen four times more deaths from the pandemic…
ECT executive director lists accomplishments and challenges
As part of her recent evaluation, Escambia Children’s Trust executive director Tammy Greer listed her accomplishments and challenges. Under her accomplishments, she listed regular work…
School immunization slide
By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Last school year marked a more than 10-year low for Florida’s kindergarten and seventh-grade students…
