Hospitalized child receives uplifting visit from church January 20, 2021 at 3:15 PM EST - Updated January 20 at 6:01 PM
A 7-year-old girl currently hospitalized after a severe car crash last year received a special visit Tuesday from a caring community.
The child, Memphis Hamman, received an uplifting moment when she was surprised with balloons and signs of encouragement from local church members.
Memphis, who is also recovering from pneumonia, has endured an incredibly difficult last few months.
The child s mother was recently diagnosed with COVID-19 and has not been able to visit her daughter.
Members of Journey Church in Lake Worth heard about Memphis struggle and decided to take action, stopped by to pray for her and make her smile.
Florida man will be sentenced to just 38 years in prison after taking plea deal and admitting to kidnapping and murdering his estranged wife in exchange for leading police to her body
David Anthony, 44, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and kidnapping in March 2020 disappearance of 51-year-old Gretchen Anthony
As part of plea deal, Anthony had to reveal where he dumped Gretchen s body
Police went to wooded location 3 miles from victim s home and found remains
Prosecutors were not pleased with plea deal but said Gretchen s family signed off on it so they could give her a proper burial
Gretchen, a mother-of-one, was reported missing by her family on March 26, five days after neighbor heard woman s screams, No! No! It hurts!
By Joel Malkin
Dec 17, 2020
If the FDA gives emergency use authorization to Moderna for its coronavirus vaccine, as expected, hospitals across the state that have not yet received doses of Pfizer s vaccine will be getting some of the new product next week.
Gov. DeSantis office released a list of 173 Florida hospitals in 43 counties that will be receving doses of Moderna s vaccine. The governor expects the state to get a shipment of 367,000 doses from the company next week.
Nine Palm Beach-area hospitals are among the ones statewide that are slated to receive the vaccine:
Cleveland Clinic in Martin County, Delray Medical Center, Good Samaritan in West Palm Beach, JFK Medical Center, Jupiter Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Palms West Hospital, St. Mary s Medical Center in West Palm Beach and Wellington Regional Medical Center.
Live Q&A: COVID-19 vaccine December 17, 2020 at 11:50 AM EST - Updated December 17 at 8:31 PM
The COVID-19 vaccine is officially in Florida, so now what?
WPTV brought together a panel of doctors Thursday night to ask what s on your mind.
Hosted by WPTV anchor Shannon Cake, the discussion featured Dr. Denzil Seedial, Dr. Ramprasad Gopalan and Dr. Ravi Pandey.
Seedial is a critical care medicine and pulmonologist at Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Disorders Institute of South Florida, the largest integrated pulmonary and chest specialty group in Palm Beach County.
Gopalan is an infectious disease specialist who practices medicine in seven of Palm Beach County s hospitals.