Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of Alabama hospitals from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Infirmary Health received more than $5.3 million in Alabama Rural Health Transformation Program grants to expand women's health services, rural referral networks and physician training across southwest Alabama.
Sens. Tuberville and Britt introduced a bill aimed at helping rural hospitals preserve emergency care and expand flexibility under Medicare rules.
A USA Health cardiothoracic surgeon performed the area's first robotically assisted left atrial appendage closure using the da Vinci Xi system.
USA Health Children's and Women's Hospital delivered 324 babies in July, including 18 sets of twins, breaking its previous single-month birth record set in 2017.
USA Health Providence Hospital has been named to an inaugural Top Hospitals by State list, a recognition based on 56 federal quality measures covering patient outcomes across Alabama.
Forbes has recognized Infirmary Health as one of the Best Places to Work and the top healthcare system employer in Alabama for the second consecutive year. The honor, compiled through…
Infirmary Health is revising its visitor policy in response to a rise in COVID-19 cases since the Omicron variant was first detected on the Gulf Coast. Under the updated policy,…
CLARKE COUNTY, Ala. — Keeping up with daily changes has been a struggle in Clarke County as COVID-19 cases continue to climb, officials say. Roy Waite, the county’s EMA and…
MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile Fire-Rescue declared a “critical mass index zero” on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 — a code signaling that not a single ambulance in the city was available…
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — Mayor Henry Barnes announced on Aug. 2, 2021, that masks would be required for entry to Bayou La Batre City Hall until further notice, the…