VENICE — As northern states cope with spikes in COVID-19, Florida crossed the 1 million case threshold with nursing homes seeing recent surges.
• Department of Health in Charlotte County, 1100 Loveland Blvd., Port Charlotte
Charlotte County Health Chief Joe Pepe will speak on the current pandemic crisis in a Facebook Live broadcast at 10 a.m. today.
Charlotte, DeSoto and Sarasota counties continued to see an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations this week, with ICU beds at all th…
VENICE — Nearly two years after receiving approvals for a new hospital site from Sarasota County, Venice Regional Bayfront Health announced it…
As the number of new COVID-19 cases rises, the number of patients admitted to area hospitals primarily for COVID-19 also continues to rise in …
ENGLEWOOD — The free Englewood Community Care Clinic is doing its best to help its lower- income patients who cannot afford or do not qualify …
SARASOTA — The seasonal flu has yet to make an appearance in the area, which is good news, as the coronavirus is surging again.
Bayfront Health Port Charlotte and Bayfront Health Punta Gorda announced that registered nurses Geaciel Del Toro and Lyndsey Bears have been s…
SARASOTA — Holiday planning this year needs to include one element that few families have ever considered before — risk assessment.
VENICE — Preliminary data in the third phase of its clinical trial show that a COVID-19 candidate vaccine may be more than 90% effective.
There’s good news and bad news about how the coronavirus is affecting Charlotte County now.
VENICE — The U.S. set a record for daily COVID-19 cases Wednesday, with more than 104,000 reported.
The coronavirus death toll in Florida has now surpassed 17,000, state data shows.
Editor’s note: Pam Miller regularly submits stories about this area’s lady sailors and others. To my knowledge, this is the first time she has…
SARASOTA — Tidewell Foundation, Inc. has teamed up with Debbie Dannheisser Threads.
Florida passed a dismal milestone on Friday in its battle against the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus cases are still on the rise in Charlotte County, partly due to “COVID fatigue setting in,” said local Health Chief Joe Pepe at Tue…
The highest single-day jump in COVID-19 cases in Florida since Sept. 1 was reported by the Department of Health this week.
Social distancing recommendations and stay-at-home orders were meant to protect people from COVID-19 infection — but it had unintended consequ…
The Florida resident death toll from coronavirus reached 15,830 on Friday, with almost 100 deaths reported in a single day by the Florida Depa…
SARASOTA — The doctors treating COVID-19 patients at Sarasota Memorial Hospital are quite familiar with the treatment regimen President Donald…
Florida has reported 728,921 cases of COVID-19 since March, the Department of Health reported Friday.
ENGLEWOOD — After a nine-month hiatus due to COVID-19, the free Englewood Community Care Clinic will start seeing patients once again beginnin…
ENGLEWOOD — On Oct. 8, the Englewood Community Care Clinic is re-opening for in-person patients.
Florida has reported 711,804 cases of the novel coronavirus since the pandemic began in March.
VENICE — Kelly Enriquez is the new chief executive officer of Venice Regional Bayfront Health, effective Nov. 9.
As Gov. Ron DeSantis announced phase 3 of Florida’s reopening plan Friday afternoon, the state health department reported that there have now …