Category: health-fitness

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…

CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Mosquito Control Program is spot spraying this month. In a few weeks, the standard evening broadcast spray schedule will begin, weather permitting.
North Okaloosa ro…

CRESTVIEW — After vowing, "I'm gonna try to walk all night," Hayden Graham is currently hoofing laps around the Crestview High School track.
The seven-year-old, a member of First Presbyterian Churc…

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County commends the efforts of the Northwest Florida State College Student Government Association to make campuses smoke free.
On Ap…

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County has announced water quality test results for local parks.
Three have potentially hazardous bathing water, the FDOH stated Apr…

CRESTVIEW — In honor of Volunteer Appreciation Month, Covenant Care is spotlighting some of its volunteers.
Crestview resident Anna Keown, "is one of our amazing Covenant Care volunteers," a spokes…

CRESTVIEW — According to their website, Crestview Relay for Life teams have already raised more than $58,000, and that's before they even get to the actual event.
Want to take part? The annual walk…