Vaccines trickle into community health organizations

By Jim McCarthy, Sara Matthis and Mandy Miles Between mass vaccine clinics and pharmacies coming on line, a little more than 25,700 Covid-19 shots have...

Baptist Health opens vaccine appointments in Islamorada

Baptist Health South Florida is opening up Covid-19 vaccine appointments to individuals 18 and over during a clinic set for next week at Island...

OPINION: SO… ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE VACCINE?

As of this past Monday, all Floridians 18 years of age and older are eligible to receive any FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine, and people 16-17...

OUR ECONOMY SURVIVED THE PANDEMIC. NOW WHAT?

It seems so small and so selfish to say in the midst of a much needed economic boom in the Middle Keys, but here...

SCHOOLS SUPER: SOCIAL DISTANCING ‘HAS BECOME A PROBLEM’

At the April 27 Monroe County School District board meeting, Superintendent Theresa Axford announced that more than 100 Key West High School students have...

COUNTY LOOKS TO LIGHTEN COVID PROTOCOLS FOR SUMMER

A lot can happen in 411 days.  For example, during the April 21 meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, emergency management director Shannon Weiner...

KEY WEST WOMEN LAUNCH VACCINE PROJECT

‘All I wanted for my birthday this year was a vaccine,” said Key West hotelier Kate Miano. ‘I was scared to death.’ Miano was...

OBITUARY: IN LOVING MEMORY OF CRYSTAL CATES

Crystal Cates, loving daughter, sister and aunt, passed away Thursday, June 24 at Jackson Memorial Hospital. She had fought valiantly since November after being diagnosed with...

COVID CREEPS BACK INTO THE HEADLINES WITH DELTA VARIANT

Health officials growing concerned over COVID-19 case spikes in the U.S. are blaming a delta variant and a population of citizens who haven’t received...

Keys officials, business owners dealing with rising COVID cases

Increasing COVID-19 cases in the Keys have some stores and municipalities bringing back mask requirements. Some are issuing messages strongly encouraging their use, while...