Mobile and Baldwin County News
The Daphne Animal Shelter is offering free adoptions for about 50 cats and dogs Saturday during its second annual "Clear the Shelter" event, as staff report intake climbing by roughly…
Family Health and Mobile County's other community health centers are marking National Health Center Week, August 2-8, with a series of themed daily events highlighting staff, patients, and the mission…
The Mobile County Health Department will hold five low-cost, $15 rabies vaccination clinics for dogs, cats and ferrets at locations across the county throughout August.
After a punishing stretch of extreme heat, forecasters say a shift in the upper-level weather pattern will finally bring South Alabama some relief by the weekend — though not a…
The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Heat Warning and Heat Advisory for South Alabama, warning that Wednesday's heat index could reach 115 degrees before relief finally arrives by…
As Mobile County students prepare to return to class, health officials say back-to-school anxiety is normal and point families toward counseling, school-based support and free tools to ease the transition.
On World Hepatitis Day, the Mobile County Health Department is urging residents to get vaccinated against Hepatitis A and B, get tested for Hepatitis C, and seek prompt care for…
In the summer of 2007, a family seeking a simple vacation at a family-themed RV park in rural Alabama was met not with hospitality but with exclusion rooted in fear…
With heat index values expected to reach 111 to 115 degrees, the Waterfront Rescue Mission is running its Mobile facility as a 24-hour cooling shelter and seeking bottled water donations.
Born near Mobile, William Crawford Gorgas helped turn new knowledge about mosquitoes into large-scale yellow fever prevention work.