Category: Health

“People – parents and loved ones – need to be concerned about family members in the jail.” The Escambia County Jail has become a COVID-19…

The zip code that has the fastest growth is 32507 – in Commissioner Doug Underhill’s District 2. The cases have more than doubled since June…

Axios reports of the 20 U.S. metro areas with the highest daily case growth, nine are in Florida, according to Nephron Research. Pensacola is among…

This week Inweekly will publish its COVID-19 Ballsy plan. Escambia County is sitting on $14.32 million and trying to figure out to spend it. The…

Ascension Sacred Heart is cutting back on visitations. Baptist just announced it will do the same. Update from Baptist: “Because the recent spike in the number…

Elective Surgery Statement from West Florida Hospital “As positive COVID-19 cases continue to rise across Florida and here in our area, West Florida Hospital is…

The surge in COVID-19 cases has West Florida, Ascension Sacred Heart and Baptist Hospital worried, according to several sources. Each is deciding whether it’s time…

“I’ve been shocked at how many people have asked us to place it in the Gulf as a reef.” by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city…

Collin Warren-Hicks of the PNJ reports the jail now has 119 inmates that have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus – a jump of 36…

Over the past two weeks, the number of COVID patients in local hospitals more than doubled, going from 77 on July 1 to 183 today,…

The Escambia office of the Florida Department of Health has confirmed it has three positive cases among its employees. “We are aware of three FDOH-Escambia…

“I find that this ordinance does not violate any constitutional rights.” By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A circuit judge Friday…