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.
Local hospitals in the Mobile area were reported to be approaching maximum capacity as COVID-19 cases surged, according to data highlighted by The New York Times. The newspaper published an…
Infirmary Health will roll out revised visitor policies across its hospitals and facilities beginning Monday, July 5, a change the health system says is designed to give patients and visitors…
Alabama's Certificate of Need Review Board voted 5-0 to approve a new USA Health ambulatory surgery center on the Mapp Family Campus in Fairhope, overriding a judge's recommendation and objections…
Ascension Providence Hospital in Mobile began a phased resumption of elective surgeries and non-urgent procedures on May 4, adding COVID-19 screening, visitor limits and other safeguards as Alabama eases its…
Infirmary Health has announced it will resume elective surgical procedures beginning Friday, May 1, following direction from Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris and Gov. Kay Ivey. The resumption…
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 Mobile County Health Department confirmed Wednesday that a second local patient who had tested positive for COVID-19 has died, as the coronavirus outbreak continued to spread across the region…
Mobile County's confirmed coronavirus cases climbed to 18 as Alabama health officials reported 4,082 statewide tests and one confirmed death, with local leaders urging continued social distancing.
A Mobile nail salon, Top Nails 2, donated about 1,300 gloves and 6,500 masks to Providence Hospital after a hospital pharmacist reached out to the local Vietnamese business community amid…
THOMASVILLE, Ala. — Construction is moving ahead on the new Thomasville Regional Medical Center, and Mayor Sheldon Day shared photos of the site’s progress as the city works to restore…