Pensacola was in the national news this weekend, but not in a positive way. As media outlets upped their coverage of the coronavirus, the newscasts and articles repeatedly mentioned Pensacola as one…
Category: Health
Santa Rosa man with Coronavirus
Santa Rosa County now has a coronavirus case. Good thing, Escambia County posted its flyer before midnight. Still no email from Escambia County Communications and Public Information, only the flyer on the…
Escambia County issues coronavirus flyer UPDATE
Escambia County posted the information below on its website yesterday. A flyer was posted on county’s Facebook page around 11 p.m. Wednesday, March 4. Strangely, Inweekly didn’t receive an email on it….maybe…
Ascension Sacred Heart opens new Rehabilitation CenterÂ
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Ascension Sacred Heart has completed construction of a new Rehabilitation Center in Pensacola that will provide the latest technology and techniques for physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy….
Coronavirus: Gilley’s next frog
Escambia County has been eerily silent about the coronavirus, other than a lame joke by County Administrator Janice Gilley about Commissioner Robert Bender’s trip to Singapore last month. While there’s no need…
Working together towards a healthier tomorrow
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The meeting was mostly about community health. But it was actually about a lot more—almost everything else. “We have to look at this holistically, this is not just…
State, doctors tangle over pot complaints
By Dara Kam TALLAHASSEE — State health officials have filed complaints against two medical-marijuana doctors based on information obtained by undercover investigators posing as patients, in what one physician’s lawyers described as a…
Baptist building bonds issued
Press release: Baptist Health Care achieved another milestone in the journey to build the community’s new full-scale health campus that will be located at the intersection of Brent Lane and I-110. The…
Lakeview joins Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network
Press Release: Lakeview Center, an affiliate of Baptist Health Care, has joined the Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network in a collaboration that will expand addiction treatment services for individuals and families…
More psych beds needed
AHCA has published the need for adult, children and adolescent psychiatric beds as well as adult substance abuse beds for July 2025. The agency says there’s a need for 24 new adult…
Lawmakers look for way to curb vaping
By Dara Kam TALLAHASSEE — As state lawmakers ponder how — and if — to respond to teens’ skyrocketing use of electronic cigarettes, one university student is influencing the Florida Senate leader’s…
Bubba Watson kicks off ad campaign for Children’s Hospital
To support the efforts of Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart to serve children from across the Gulf Coast region, especially kids living in poverty and those most vulnerable, starting…