Polk County

Polk County is working to make sure the odds of malaria spreading northward from Sarasota are as low as possible.

The new Lakeland clinic could help reduce wait times and how far veterans in Polk County have to travel for care.

After a lengthy discussion and public comments, Commissioner Neil Combee agreed to make changes to the draft and offer it up at a future meeting.

Natasha A. Pierre, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Hillsborough County, says that every person should do a daily check-in on their own mental state.

Emergency rooms across the country are treating more patients who have taken the drug without prescriptions. And Florida Poison Control sent out a warning saying it had seen a spike in ivermectin cases.

This status is for the Central Florida Division: Polk, Orange, Osceola, Lake, Seminole, Volusia and Flagler counties.

Because of the recent case spike of unvaccinated patients, elective surgeries are deferred, visitors are limited and masks are required. But there is more than enough space and equipment to handle the increase.

Gov. Ron DeSantis touted a new partnership with Walgreens pharmacies to distribute COVID-19 vaccines in Pasco County.

The CDC recently issued a study on a Mulberry High wrestling tournament that turned into a coronavirus superspreader event and led to one death.

Polk County schools have temporarily suspended winter sports after more than 50 student-athletes tested positive for coronavirus.