Health Alert

Friday’s decision came after the Florida Department of Health last month filed a petition asking the medical board to initiate a rule-making process on the contentious issue.

Governor Ron DeSantis announced an expansion of the Coordinated Opioid Recovery (CORE) network to help combat the opioid epidemic, according to a Wednesday press release by the Governor’s office.

A new partnership between Florida State University (FSU) and the University of Florida (UF) seeks to better the outcomes for child transplant patients, according to a press released on Monday by FSU.

The fecal bacteria present in the Withlacoochee may result in potential exposure to people in Madison, Hamilton and Suwannee counties.

The Florida Department of Health has confirmed one case of Monkeypox has been reported in North Central Florida.

As of Thursday, nearly 2,600 Monkeypox cases have been confirmed in the United States, with 158 confirmed cases in Georgia, according to the CDC.

Florida State University researchers have found a link between a protein in the brain and an heightened chance for neurodegeneration in people with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), according to a release by the FSU College of Medicine.

You can find the number of coronavirus cases in our local South Georgia counties here. This story will be updated with new information daily.

You can find the number of coronavirus cases in our local counties across the Big Bend here. This story will be updated with new information daily.

The Florida Department of Health is warning Madison and Hamilton county residents of potential bacterial contamination in the Withlacoochee River.

The site is expected to reopen with at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

The state has ended its relationship with a South Florida doctor contracted to communicate COVID-19 test results to people who took the test.

More than 8,000 people have visited the testing site in the past five weeks, organizers say.

South Georgia Medical Center is one of about 85 medical facilities in Georgia selected to receive and administer a new COVID-19 treatment, Remdesivir.

Corrections officials also reported on Tuesday that 255 staff members had tested positive for the virus. The department has refused to say how many workers across the state have been tested.

Health officials in Jefferson County announced a third death connected to COVID-19 Saturday.

The decision came during an emergency meeting on Friday.

Florida will lift all restrictions on youth activities, including summer camps and youth sports, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced during a press conference on Friday.

Florida's EOC says 12 tests from the Bragg Stadium testing site were among 1700 damaged statewide.

The emergency order says the nursing home's practices and conditions “present a threat to the health, safety or welfare of residents.”

"As a precaution and for the safety and well-being of our community, no patients will be physically seen at the DMH Perry clinic until June 3," the hospital said.

FDOH says people with damaged samples will be prioritized for retesting at the site where they were originally tested.

The new testing sites on North Monroe Street and Thomasville Road will open on Friday, the pharmacy chain says.

While health officials highly recommend wearing face masks, it’s leading to a spike in skin irritations like inflammation, rashes and bumps.

Operations will resume at 9 a.m. Thursday in Bragg Stadium.

Because of the relocation, the site will only test people who have already made appointments for Wednesday, May 20.

In the guidelines, which have no legal weight, the Trump administration recommended that nursing homes don’t reopen for visitation until they have no new reported COVID-19 for at least 28 days; have adequate personal protective equipment for staff members; and have adequate access to COVID-19 testing.

Volunteers would be used as guinea pigs in a vaccine trial designed to infect volunteers with coronavirus.

Donors will receive results via the donor portal at OneBlood.org about two days after donating.

Clinch county sees its first coronavirus related death.