The Florida Department of Health has added a day of drive-thru testing for COVID-19 for Thursday at Heron Creek Middle School, 6501 W. Price B…
SARASOTA — COVID-19 is back with a vengeance.
Friday morning, the Florida Department of Health reported 122,960 total cases of COVID-19 in Florida, including 120,574 Florida residents and …
Hospital patients will now get to see their loved ones in-person again while receiving care.
At a home in Punta Gorda, deputies found a young girl covered in bug bites and a rash while wearing a diaper overflowing with urine.
SARASOTA — The number of COVID-19 cases in Florida set a record three times this week, including more than 3,200 cases reported Thursday and a…
COVID-19 cases skyrocketed in Florida by almost 19,000 cases this week — increasing the total amount of cases by more than 26%.
For the first time, free walk-up COVID-19 testing is being offered in Charlotte County for people who are not experiencing symptoms.
PORT CHARLOTTE — Project Detect recently donated $40,000 to the Virginia B. Andes Volunteer Community Clinic, a free clinic in Port Charlotte.
VENICE — As the state relaxes restrictions imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, people may feel that they can relax the social distancing…
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PORT CHARLOTTE — More than 30 nurses from Fawcett Memorial Hospital protested alleged threats of pay cuts and layoffs Friday morning.
VENICE — Local hospitals are keeping an eye on COVID-19 numbers as they work on getting regular services back to pre-pandemic levels.
Area hospitals are seeing fewer patients right now due to the fear of contracting COVID-19.
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SARASOTA — Dr. Steve Hefler finally got to go home to North Venice on Friday, after 49 days in Sarasota Memorial Hospital recovering from COVID-19.
PORT CHARLOTTE — Former CEO of Fawcett Memorial Hospital Bill Hawley tested positive for COVID-19 just weeks before suddenly resigning from hi…
Bob Meade was recently driving home from work — and he couldn’t help but notice the lack of face masks on people.
VENICE — Ask and ye shall receive.
SARASOTA — Sarasota Memorial Hospital shared a blog post from a doctor who diagnosed the first patient with COVID-19 in the state and then spe…
Since reopening some services and ramping up testing, the state has seen an increase in new COVID-19 cases this week.
CHARLOTTE COUNTY — Charlotte County's first drive-thru COVID-19 testing site opened Thursday morning.
VENICE — With the first week of Phase 1 of the “reopening” of the state coming to a close, government officials will be watching COVID-19 numb…
VENICE — Sarasota County hasn’t had to deal with the volume of COVID-19 cases that some counties have.
SARASOTA — On any given day Sarasota Memorial Hospital has had about 30-35 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 — 5-6% of its census.
VENICE — Local public beaches are open again on a limited basis and Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to announce the next steps in “reopening” the sta…
VENICE — The only thing certain about COVID-19 is the uncertainty.
SARASOTA — Sarasota Memorial Hospital (SMH) has taken over the testing of hospitalized patients for COVID-19.
SARASOTA — You’ve probably never heard of the drug remdesivir but if it proves effective in worldwide clinical trials, it may become a major w…
