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USA Health Adds an Endourologist for Kidney Stones and Enlarged Prostates

September 12, 2026 James Bullard

USA Health has added Dr. Troy M. Sofinowski, a fellowship-trained endourologist specializing in minimally invasive treatment of complex kidney stones and enlarged prostates, including HoLEP and ThuLEP laser procedures.

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Atmore Parents Charged After 14-Month-Old Showed Opioid-Like Symptoms

September 12, 2026 James Bullard

Jonah and Amber Osborne were arrested Sept. 10 on chemical endangerment and drug charges after their 14-month-old was hospitalized Aug. 13 with symptoms consistent with opioid exposure. Police say the…

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Mobile County Marks Food Safety Education Month With Clean, Separate, Cook And Chill Advice

September 12, 2026 James Bullard

The Mobile County Health Department is using September's national observance to press four basic principles on home cooks and food establishments, citing provisional local counts of campylobacteriosis, STEC, shigellosis and…

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New West Nile Virus Detection Confirmed In Six Mobile County Sentinel Chickens

September 12, 2026 James Bullard

Six sentinel chickens in the 36509, 36582 and 36605 ZIP code areas have tested positive for West Nile virus, the latest detection in a season that has now seen the…

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Mobile Doctor at Ground Zero Recalls Treating First Responders for Three Weeks After 9/11

September 12, 2026 James Bullard

Dr. John McMahon, a University of South Alabama emergency physician and former Mobile Fire Rescue medical director, deployed with a Disaster Medical Assistance Team to Lower Manhattan and ran a…

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Mehmet Oz Again Cites University of Mobile Athlete Kaiden Francis in Medical Fraud Crackdown Argument

September 10, 2026 James Bullard

CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz described the 2024 death of University of Mobile freshman Kaiden Francis as the result of a 'predatory scheme,' alleging a physician spent 11 seconds reviewing 63…

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Mobile Clinicians Say Children as Young as 10 Are Overdosing on Medicines Found at Home

September 10, 2026 James Bullard

AltaPointe psychiatric nurse practitioner Mary Lee says she is seeing more children arrive after intentional overdoses using household medications, often triggered by ordinary discipline. Help is available at 988 and…

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USA Health Marks Overdose Awareness Day With Warning Signs Every Bystander Should Know

September 9, 2026 James Bullard

USA Health's Spiritual Health and Counseling department joined the national observance of International Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. 31, highlighting how to recognize an opioid overdose and why naloxone and…

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USA Health CEO Natalie Fox Lands on National Academic Medical Center Leaders List for Second Year

September 9, 2026 James Bullard

Natalie Fox, DNP, PNP-BC, has been named to a national roster of 95 academic medical center chief executives for 2026, two years after appearing on a healthcare leaders under 40…

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Osteopathic Family Physician Kathleen White Joins USA Health Clinic in Mobile

September 9, 2026 James Bullard

Kathleen White, D.O., a board-certified family medicine physician who trained in Virginia and served as residency core faculty there, has joined USA Health and will see patients at the Family…

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