While Hurricane Milton was not forecast to land a direct hit on South Florida, some entities were closing or modifying hours in advance of the storm.

Exercise capacity is one of the most important markers of cardiovascular health, and now a local study is focused on improving the evaluation heart function.

Authorities arrested a Miami Beach couple on felony charges Thursday after they said the couple’s 2-month-old son was found unresponsive with signs of “severe physical abuse,” including more than a dozen rib fractures.

Police are investigating after two teenagers were shot overnight in Hialeah.

Miami Beach was the scene of a series of events that ended in an officer and a robbery suspect being hit by a police car and taken to the hospital.

This Week in South Florida focused on the coronavirus pandemic and how the spread of the omicron variant is affecting patients, hospitals, and the travel industry.

Dr. Robert Goldszer said the dramatic increase in coronavirus cases in South Florida means some patients will experience health problems that lead to hospitalizations and sadly the death toll will increase.

According to Miami Beach police, officers responded to a call of a carjacking at Mount Sinai Hospital at approximately 4:48 p.m. Monday.

Miami Beach police detectives are investigating a stabbing that left two people injured Friday night.

Miami Beach police are investigating a crash involving a U.S. Postal Service truck and a Range Rover.

Horrified beachgoers watched as rescuers searched for the missing swimmer late Wednesday afternoon.

Mount Sinai offering COVID-19 vaccines to anyone 70+ who wants oneMIAMI BEACH, Fla. – After administering 12,000 doses to the community, Mount Sinai Medical Center is saying that the uncertainty of the supply of COVID-19 vaccine is causing them to cancel first-dose appointments. The medical center is not rescheduling the canceled appointments. They are suggesting to those who have had their appointments canceled to find other sources including local public health, pharmacy and government-run options. The medical center said they will be contacting those who had appointments canceled to alert them of these other options. For more information on Mount Sinai Medical Center, visit www.msmc.com or call (305) 674-2273.

The hospital has elected to take doses from its allocation to vaccinate people 75 years or older while also immunizing frontline healthcare workers. Memorial Healthcare System: They have received only the initial Pfizer allocation to inoculate its healthcare workers and the healthcare workers at five additional hospitals throughout Broward. Broward Health: COVID-19 vaccinations are only available to the hospital’s healthcare providers at this time. We have vaccinated approximately 3,900 frontline healthcare workers since we began vaccinations, on Dec. 16. Additionally, upcoming dose allocations are still pegged to frontline healthcare workers who need the second dose of the vaccine.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A Miami Beach native, who owns a clothing manufacturing company in Los Angeles, has made it her mission to donate as many masks as she and her company can to those on the frontlines fearing for their safety. Jaynee Silvers-Singer, born in Miami Beach, and husband Karl Singer are owners of Los Angeles clothing brand, LA Collective, which also manufactures their lines in Los Angeles. Jaynee Silvers-Singer grew up in Miami Beach. Now in Los Angeles, her clothing manufacturing company is making activewear masks. Two thousand masks were sent to Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach and that's just a start, the couple said.

MIAMI – Mario Mayorga, Jr., was working as a manager for Roger’s Cleaning Service, a contractor cleaning at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach during the coronavirus pandemic. From left, Mario Mayorga, Jr., Mario Mayorga, Sr., and Esperanza Mayorga died of coronavirus. (Local 10 News Share)The Mayorga family is from Masaya, Nicaragua. Violeta Mayorga, a single mother who is now unemployed, was released from the hospital and is recovering alone at home. It has been a long six weeks.”Lastre set up a Mayorga Family Relief GoFundMe page and Lourdes Perez, a close family friend, set up the Mario Mayorga and Family Passing GoFundMe page to help Violeta Mayorga during the family crisis.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Amid the world’s novel coronavirus spread, the emergency medicine staff at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach’s only emergency care provider, has been getting prepared for the possibility of a pandemic. Dr. David Farcy, the chair of emergency medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center, said the emergency room, which has an eight-bed minor care unit, now has a unit with isolation rooms with trained staff. “Once we have identified a patient with an airborne disease, we move them into the isolation room, especially if we think they have coronavirus,” Farcy said. Doctors will keep patients who need to be tested for the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, in the isolation room for 24 to 48 hours. Farcy also said the isolation rooms have an airlock that is designed to keep bacteria from spreading to other parts of the hospital.

I also have a history of breast cancer in my family: my mom had it, my dad’s sister had it, and it has struck numerous cousins, too. It was the MRI that saw what the mammograms and breast ultrasounds missed: a nearly eight centimeter area of cancer in my left breast. So it was a very extensive area,” said Susan Kesmodel, M.D., director of breast surgical oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center/University of Miami Hospital and Clinics. I can’t believe how lucky I was to hear from others who unflinchingly shared their own cancer stories with me. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Miami Dolphins are teaming up again to fund cancer research.