Category: Health
Escambia eyes CORE funds for overdoses
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With more than a million dollars expected to flow into Escambia County from the state of Florida to deal with local…
IMPACT 100 names finalists
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a women’s philanthropic organization, is pleased to announce the fifteen grant finalists selected for 2022. Eleven of the fifteen nonprofit…
What is the true homeless count? [podcasts]
Escambia County has $4.1 million to spend to help homeless and unsheltered people in the county. Opening Doors reports that its Point-in-Time survey counted 750…
2022 Bayou Hills Run set for Labor Day [podcast]
The Bayou Hills Run is one of Pensacola’s oldest running events and we are proud to announce we have partnered with the City of Pensacola…
Community Health has new Pensacola location [podcast]
Community Health Northwest Florida’s Walk-in Care, Primary Care and Pharmacy at 14 W. Jordan St. in Pensacola will relocate on Monday, Aug. 29, to their…
90-day reprieve for Baker Act patients [podcast]
The Northwest Florida Legislative Delegation intervened, and Escambia County has 90-days to work out how to take care of Baker Act patients. State Rep. Michelle…
Local selected statewide Medical Professional of the Year 2022
Lakeview Center psychiatrist Annie Cherian, M.D., has been selected by the Florida Behavioral Health Association as the Medical Professional of the Year. Inspired by her…
Baker Act problem on the horizon [podcast]
State Rep. Alex Andrade warns HCA West Florida Hospital halting its Baker Act care could have dire impacts on Panhandle counties.
Update on new Baptist Hospital campus
With most of the work on the 23,000-square-foot Central Energy Plant completed, cool air is now flowing through the air conditioning system on several floors…
Breaking: HCA West Florida dropping Baker Act beds [podcast]
Inweekly has heard that HCA West Florida Hospital has given the state a two-week notice that it will no longer take in Baker Act patients….
Health Department issues warning after Jackson’s death
SCI’s director of business engagement, Rodney Jackson, died yesterday from what is believed to be a Vibrio vulnificus infection from eating raw oysters over the…
Florida ranks 35th in Child Well-Being
Florida ranked 35th of the 50 states in child well-being, lagging on economic issues but doing better in education, in a report released Monday by…
Naval Flight Surgery celebrates 100 years
NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Fla. – Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI) personnel commemorated the 100th anniversary of aeromedical officers (AMOs), commonly referred to as “flight…
Community Health receives $65,500
Today, during National Health Center Week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded $3,078,123…
This is National Health Center Week [podcast]
National Health Center Week (August 7 – 13) is an annual celebration with the goal of raising awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s…
Monkeypox declared national public health emergency
The Biden administration on Thursday declared monkeypox a public health emergency, with cases on the rise across the country. The declaration follows the World Health…
Living on Poo Alley [podcast]
The final report has been released. Pensacola has poo problem one block east of city hall at the corner of Reus and Zaragoza streets. Human…
Presser Notes: Estuary Aspirations, Chasing Wastewater & Homeless Recyclables
By Jeremy Morrison Fresh from his trip to Washington D.C. last week pitching the Pensacola & Perdido Bay Estuary Program, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson sounded…
More kids carrying guns for non-recreational uses, for protection, consider suicide
A new CDC report has found that 1 in 15 boys and 1 in 50 girls reported carrying a gun in the last 12 months…
Huge Community turnout for C.A. Weis back-to-school event [podcast]
The Back-to-School event at C.A. Weis was a huge success with over 600 kids attending. Community Health Northwest Florida CEO Chandra Smiley has the details.
