Category: Health
Escambia County seen as very high risk for COVID exposure
The city of Pensacola dropped its mask mandate last week, and some are celebrating victory over the COVID-19 pandemic. The New York Times isn’t as…
Escambia lags far behind national stats for vaccinations
Over half of Americans over 18 have received at least one shot of a coronavirus vaccine, according to the latest data from the CDC. Â But…
Ascension Sacred Heart geared to vax 18 years and older next week
As the State of Florida open eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccines, Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart is prepared to meet the need with a series…
More opportunities for COVID Jax
COVID-19 VACCINE CLINICS AT BROWNSVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER Community Health Northwest Florida is holding vaccination clinics this week for all residents of Florida who qualify, including…
Baptist taking appointments for vaccine, age to drop to 18 on April 5
Baptist Health Care has received an ample supply of COVID-19 vaccine and is offering appointments at Baptist Medical Park – Nine Mile located at 9400…
Vaccinations by the numbers
From The News Service of Florida: Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that all Floridians ages 40 and older will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations starting Monday….
DeSantis announces new age limit for vax
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced that all Floridians ages 40 and older will be able to receive COVID-19 vaccinations starting Monday and that all…
Buzz: Vax age expected to drop to 40 next week
The buzz around the state is Gov. Ron DeSantis will drop the age limit to receive the COVID-19 vaccine to 40 as early as Monday,…
Best practices for Children’s Trust
Now the Escambia Children’s Trust has a full board, what happens next? Will Dunaway of the Clark Partington law firm did a white paper on…
Community Health vax schedule
Community Health Northwest Florida will hold COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Pensacola this week at the Brownsville Community Center. Appointments are required for most clinics. Eligible persons…
More vaccination opportunities
Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart will hold clinics in Milton and Pensacola this week that will allow persons 50 and older, as well as other…
Florida tops 2 million COVID-19 cases
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A little more than a year after the novel coronavirus showed up in the state,…
Breaking news: DeSantis to lower vax age limit to 50
Gov. Ron DeSantis today said that Florida will start offering COVID-19 vaccines to all people age 50 and older starting Monday. This week, Florida lowered…
Deal reached on COVID-19 liability protections
By Christine Sexton, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Legislative leaders announced Thursday they have an agreement on COVID-19 liability protections for businesses, nursing…
Vaccines available now in Brownsville
Happening NOW until noon at Brownsville Community Center, 3200 W De Soto St, Â FDOH-Escambia is providing COVID-19 vaccines to eligible residents.Walk-ins are accepted. No appointment…
Vaccine reluctance
As of March 13, 54,023 in Escambia County have received at least on shot of the COVID vaccine – 29,272 have completed the series. Axios…
Mayoral Q&A: Vaccines and a Parking Garage
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly A couple of days after engaging in a spirited discussion with the Pensacola City Council about the prospects of leasing a…
Order allows vaccines for the ‘vulnerable’
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — After focusing almost exclusively since December on vaccinating seniors, Gov. Ron DeSantis has cleared the…
Two Winn-Dixie stores COVID shots
Two Winn-Dixie locations in Escambia County will now offer the COVID-19 vaccine: Winn-Dixie Store No. 498: 1550 S. Hwy. 29, Cantonment, FL 32533 Winn-Dixie Store…
Brownsville CVS has COVID vaccine
The CVS Pharmacy located 2100 West Cervantes Street is the only CVS pharmacy in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties that is part of Gov. Ron…
