For weeks, a new wave of COVID-19 cases has surged through the Gulf Coast region, threatening health care capacity and emergency services across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Now, with Hurricane Ida making landfall, the region could see a collision of two public health emergencies in areas still grappling with the […]
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The state has agreed to provide tens of millions of dollars to coalitions that are proposing to improve health care on the South and West sides. A South Side group, a coalition of big and small hospitals and health clinics, will receive approximately $26 million from a state fund created […]
During a typical year, the pediatric emergency room staff at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood would be preparing for a summer lull. But like last year, this one hasn’t been typical. Amid a surge in behavioral health issues that has overwhelmed children’s hospitals across the country, South Florida has […]