Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of Alabama health care from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
The Carnival Sensation pulled into its new homeport Friday morning, docking at the Alabama Cruise Terminal around 8:30 a.m. in the ship’s first-ever visit to Mobile — and the first…
The Alabama Department of Labor has released initial unemployment insurance claims for the week of May 2-8, showing 1,516 new claims filed in the southwest Alabama coverage area. The figure…
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…
Alabama hospitals are now required under state law to report non-accidental gunshot wounds to law enforcement, closing a gap that left police in the dark about a share of the…
Alabama ranks as the second-worst state in the nation to live in, according to new rankings from U.S. News & World Report. The only state that fared worse was Louisiana,…
The University of South Alabama has long carried most of the region's indigent care at a loss. With coverage expanding under the new federal law, that arithmetic may finally change.