By the Numbers: County COVID-19 Deaths ©2023 The News Service of Florida State numbers show that a reported 7,441 Florida resident deaths this year have been linked to COVID-19. Here are the…
Category: Health
Daily Outtakes: Baptist bailout might hit snag
Tallahassee insiders have shared that Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves’ effort to get the state to help bailout Baptist Hospital by putting up $18 million to demolish its old hospital may be a…
Podcast: Ascension and UWF tackle nursing shortage
Ascension Sacred Heart and the University of West Florida will begin a strategic initiative that allows 16 upper-level Bachelor of Science in Nursing students to complete the final three semesters of their…
Daily Outtakes: Chaos, Reimagining, More Nurses
Congressional Chaos Congress passed an emergency funding bill to avoid a federal government shutdown. Our congressman, Matt Gaetz, announced that he is filing a motion to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of…
Escambia County ranks in lowest percentile in health rankings
Achieve Healthy Escambia continues to fail to improve health outcomes. The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute’s County Health Rankings & Roadmaps ranked Escambia County 51 out of 67 Florida counties, putting…
Presser Takeaways: Recycling, Bluffs and Baptist
At his weekly press conference this morning, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves said the UWF Haas Center has 1,556 eligible responses to its residents satisfaction survey that can be weighted for the final…
Outtakes: Parting the Curtain
The Friday meal at Baptist Hospital began as a simple idea. Let’s bring together the Black women who lived, worked, and raised their families with Baptist Hospital as the hub of their…
Daily Outtakes: Unhappy Baptist workers and judges
According to the website Glassdoor.com, less than half of the Baptist Hospital employees who posted reviews said they would not recommend working at the hospital to a friend. Baptist received three stars…
Baptist Hospital ‘open’ to caring for former neighborhood
On WCOA this morning, Escambia County Commissioner Chairman Lumon May said the Baptist Hospital leaders are open to offering medical services at its old campus on E Street. “We had a great…
Daily Outtakes: Romney bowing out
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has told the Washington Post and The New York Times that he will not seek a second Senate term. In a video statement, Romney, 76, said: “At the…
Escambia Children’s Trust keeps handing out money
By Tom St. Myer With a dwindling staff and a strategic plan yet to be finalized, the Escambia Children’s Trust board still awarded over $2 million in taxpayer money to mental health…
Daily Outtakes: Mental Health Confusion
State Rep. Michelle Salzman is reconvening the Mental Health Task Force of Northwest Florida this afternoon. Why? “…specifically for brainstorming, designing and planning for a potential long-term treatment facility in Region One…