Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of Alabama Department of Public Health from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
The Mobile County Health Department tested nearly 900 residents on Saturday as part of its free “Know B4U Go” initiative, a program designed to help people make informed decisions about…
Mobile County has moved into the state's low-risk COVID-19 category as area schools reopen classrooms and high school football attempts a comeback, though a postponed Blount-Vigor rivalry game is a…
MOBILE, Ala. — Bebo’s, the well-known local taco restaurant with a devoted following in Midtown Mobile, is putting its weight behind a different kind of cause this summer: restocking the…
With flu season approaching during the coronavirus pandemic, one question kept coming up across Alabama: does getting a flu shot do anything to protect against COVID-19? The answer from the…
Alabama is among a handful of states partnering with tech giants Apple and Google to build a tool that can notify residents if they may have been exposed to COVID-19,…
Amazon has confirmed multiple COVID-19 cases among employees at its sortation center in Mobile, with workers saying they aren't always told how many cases have occurred or whether they've been…
A Baldwin County judge denied an emergency petition seeking to force Sheriff Huey "Hoss" Mack to more strictly enforce the state's COVID-19 "safer at home" order, ruling the petitioner failed…
Within a single weekend in April 2020, the nation’s most-watched coronavirus model slashed its projections for Alabama — cutting forecast deaths by roughly 80 percent and erasing predictions of a…
The director of Mobile County's 911 system says flagging the addresses of confirmed COVID-19 patients for dispatchers is meant to protect first responders, not violate patient privacy, as officials also…
Alabama has resisted issuing a formal stay-home order even as neighboring states adopt them, but a review of the state's existing restrictions shows Mobile and Alabama are already enforcing many…