FORT WALTON BEACH — The Florida Department of Health’s Tobacco Free Florida program and the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County (DOH-Okaloosa) are launching a new initiative, Secondhand S…
GAINESVILLE — When older relatives complain about their pains, show a little empathy, because new research suggests that as we age, we may all become more sensitive to pain. A small, preliminary Univ…
LAUREL HILL — Many couples say theirs is a “match made in heaven.” There’s no doubt in Andrew and Jessica Twitty’s minds that God matched them up — heart, soul and now, a kidney.
Jessica was diagno…
CRESTVIEW — After more than a year of often painful surgeries and physical therapy, Davidson Middle School student Drew Barefield will share his positive attitude to encourage other kids who also fac…
CRESTVIEW — The North Okaloosa Medical Center offers the health-related tips below for when you go on vacation.
Whether your plan is to play tourist in your hometown, travel overseas or something i…
CRESTVIEW — Trauma survivor Drew Barefield of Crestview has been named this year’s Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Florida Champion.
Drew, 14, will serve as a fundraising and awareness ambassa…
GAINESVILLE — Call it personalized medicine for depression — but the prescription in this case is exercise, which University of Florida Health researchers have found helps people with certain genetic…
FORT WALTON BEACH — The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County has announced water quality test results for local parks.
FORT WALTON BEACH — No Okaloosa County parks have potentially hazar…
WASHINGTON — Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., a Waco, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 4,568,080 pounds of fully cooked chicken products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, inclu…
FORT WALTON BEACH — Mosquitoes can carry harmful viruses that cause serious illness in people. DOH-Okaloosa has an established partnership with the Okaloosa County Mosquito Control and works collabor…
