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Officials at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital are sharing the story about saving a man’s life after both his lungs needed to be replaced due to a bad case of COVID.

As COVID-19 cases steadily rise, Jackson Health starts imposing hospital visitation restrictions. NBC 6’s Julie Leonardi reports

Jackson Health System has updated its hospital visitation policy amid the rise of COVID-19 cases in the community.

As the spread of COVID-19 continues to overwhelm hospitals, Jackson Health System has updated its hospital visitation policy to allow one healthy visitor per day. The new policy, which goes into effect Friday, Dec. 17, requires that all visitors have a scheduled appointment, visitation with a current patient or an emergency requiring medical attention. The policy update was made following…

In a video, 8-year-old Allison Cisneros Mendez asks whoever is watching, “I need your help.” Mendez is from Panama and was diagnosed with Type B Leukemia, an aggressive stage of blood cancer. She and her mother Diana came to Miami with the help of The Children in Action non-profit organization, which funded their stay. They traveled to see a doctor…

An 8-year-old little girl with leukemia is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. NBC 6’s Marcine Joseph reports.

Health care workers have been hailed as heroes as they worked the frontlines caring for patients with COVID-19, but the supply of nurses isn’t keeping up with the demand.

A Colorado hospital system is requiring COVID-19 vaccination for organ transplants in almost all situations, but at two local hospitals, that’s not the case.

The Jackson Health System will begin offering COVID-19 booster shots to its health care employees starting Tuesday, according to a news release. The third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be available to Jackson Health employees from October 5 to October 7. The hospital system said they may extend the dates depending on demand. The announcement comes following a recommendation…

Jackson Health System CEO Carlos Migoya says employees will have to get vaccinated for face restrictions at work.

Jackson Health System in Miami will be requiring all workers to get vaccinated and any employee who doesn’t will face a number of restrictions at its hospitals, the system’s CEO said Thursday.

Team coverage with NBC 6’s Julia and Marissa Bagg as new sties open to beat the long lines and new strategies to get younger people vaccinated.

With COVID-19 cases on the rise in South Florida and the rest of the state once again, Jackson Health System has upgraded its COVID threat level to “high” at most of its facilities and will be ending visitation hours for many patients. Jackson Health, the largest health provider in the state, says it has seen a 111% increase in COVID…

COVID-19 cases are on the rise in South Florida. NBC 6’s Alyssa Hyman reports.

The news of Miami-Dade County Commission chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz’s positive test results for COVID-19 highlights an increase in the number of cases – both in those who have been vaccinated and those who still have not. Infectious disease experts say they’re seeing alarming increases of hospitalizations among those who are not vaccinated. “Many of them are younger people,...

Doctors are worried and warning the public about the Delta variant and the rise in hospitalizations among those unvaccinated. NBC 6’s Marissa Bagg reports

Jackson Health System announced Monday it is expanding its criteria for COVID-19 vaccinations at its three sites to include certain Florida residents ages 16 and older. Beginning Tuesday, March 9, Jackson will vaccinate Florida residents in the following four categories: Anyone ages 65 years or older. If you are 50 to 64 years old with an ID showing you are…

Covid vaccinations for certain people 50 and older will be beginning at Jackson Health in Miami.

Beginning Wednesday, Jackson Health System will expand its criteria for coronavirus vaccinations to include people ages 50 and over who have a doctor’s recommendation based on high-risk conditions. Those conditions are no longer limited to the 13 laid out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CEO Charles Migoya said during a news conference Tuesday. Among those who qualify…

NBC 6’s Carolina Peguero has more as Florida’s Governor is set to make a stop in Hialeah on Tuesday.