Health & Wellness
COVID-19 vaccination options
February 6, 2021
SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – Submission Note: The COVID-19 situation remains fluid. This article reflects information known at the time it was submitted to The Boca Beacon.
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Celebrate your heart in February
January 29, 2021
PROVIDED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – When it comes to affairs of the heart, you are never too old or too young to take steps that could change your own or a loved one’s life. Almost 15.4 mil…
Health Clinic Foundation to host Healthnetwork webinar
January 16, 2021
STAFF REPORT – More than 325 Boca Grande families carry a Healthnetwork Card with a phone number they can call to connect themselves and their family members with top specialists and medical center…
COVID-19 vaccines become available at the Boca Grande Health Clinic
January 9, 2021
SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – The Boca Grande Health Clinic has received a very limited supply of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and will be starting to schedule appointments for a dri…
Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic canceled for 2021
January 8, 2021
STAFF REPORT -It is with sadness that this year’s Gasparilla Island Tennis Classic, sponsored by the Boca Beacon & participated in community wide, has been canceled. Tennis surely continues to …
Have you seen the new Boca Grande Health Clinic website?
January 1, 2021
BY MARK DRISCOLL, CEO OF THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – We are excited to announce the launch of Boca Grande Health Clinic’s newly designed website, bghc.org/. Our goal with this new website is to…
New COVID-19 vaccines provide a dose of hope
December 11, 2020
BY THE BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC – Submission Note: The COVID-19 situation remains fluid. This article reflects information known at the time it was submitted to The Boca Beacon. With vaccines fron…
COVID-19 and traveling: What you need to know
December 11, 2020
Submission Note: The COVID-19 situation remains fluid. This article reflects information known at the time it was submitted to The Boca Beacon. BY LAUREN HANA MD, BGHC- The U.S. Centers for Disease…
Welcome kit aims to keep the island and its community safe and healthy
November 20, 2020
BY MARK DRISCOLL, BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC- You can feel a change in the air. The days start getting shorter. Temperatures become more moderate. Winter season is just around the corner. And with i…
Let’s make masks go viral
November 13, 2020
BY LAUREN HANA MD, BGHC- If you’re like me, many of you may remember the shampoo commercial from the 1970s, in which one young girl (actually, Heather Locklear) told two friends how great her shamp…