Key West

The Florida Department of Health in Monroe County is temporarily relocating its Healthy Start services and WIC program due to the closure of the Gato Building in Key West.

Lower Keys patients will have a closer option after the health system announced it was opening a treatment facility at the site of the former GenesisCare center.

The Florida Department of Health in Monroe County, one of several agencies operating out of the historic Gato building, is moving its clinic.

The Lower Keys Hospital District Board will convene a special committee to set minimum care standards on the Lower Keys Medical Center’s next lease after a public push for more oversight.

Opioid overdoses have been a major problem in Florida for years. The synthetic opioid fentanyl is even more dangerous. Health workers are trying to distribute overdose kits as widely as they can.

People have been drinking more during the pandemic. Almost a quarter of adults in the Keys were already heavy or binge drinkers. Now some are rethinking the town's party scene.

"Papa" lookalikes get together to make the video that will be shown on social media outlets with a message to tourists encouraging them to wear masks while they're on the island.

The retooled law says everyone over age 6 must wear face coverings in public — whether or not they can social distance — and they must carry a mask with them when outside their homes.

Mayor Teri Johnston withdrew the curfew proposal but says she wants the business community to work with the city to get tourists to wear masks and practice social distancing.

COVID-19 cases and positivity rates are climbing in the Florida Keys: 33 new cases were reported Monday and the 14-day average for positivity is more than…