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Lakeland Regional Health is getting national attention for having the second-busiest emergency department in the entire country.

Lakeland Regional Health has the second busiest emergency department in the country, that’s according to a new report.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Florida is on the rise. According to the Florida Department of Health, one out of five people being tested in Florida is positive for COVID-19. In Polk County, it is closer to one out of four.

Lakeland Regional Health's new primary and specialty care site located just off I-4 and Kathleen Road will be home to the hospital’s first ever Graduate Medical Education Residency program.

Hospitals in Tampa Bay are seeing the number of patients through their doors surge, but not everyone needs to stay long.

More than a dozen children are COVID-19 patients in Central Florida hospitals as the Omicron variant wave continues its march throughout the state

The latest COVID wave is sending more people to the emergency department, but fewer need to be hospitalized than during the August-September surge.

Coffee is for closers. So is Sunburn, your morning rundown of Florida politics.

Less than a month ago, the health provider could only provide the treatment to 60 patients a day. Last week, it treated more than 90 per day.

Four of five commissioners support sending a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis promoting treatments that are unapproved and doctors say could be dangerous.