A seventh-grade student at West Hernando Middle School has tested positive for bacterial meningitis, health officials announced Friday. ...more

February 7, 2009

A Hernando County seventh grader has tested positive for bacterial meningitis, health officials announced today. ...more

February 6, 2009

Parents of students who attend the school are being notified via phone alert. ...more

February 6, 2009

Despite significant advancements in the past decade, heart disease remains the No. 1 killer in the United States today. ...more

February 5, 2009

The parents of three young leukemia patients say their children died because St. Joseph's Hospital failed to protect them from mold stirred up during an expansion in 2008. ...more

February 5, 2009

The parents of three young leukemia patients say their children died because St. Joseph's Hospital failed to protect them from mold stirred up during an expansion last year. ...more

February 4, 2009

The number of items pulled in the nation's latest peanut butter recall may be leading some of you to look twice, even three times, at what you buy. ...more

January 29, 2009

A new study from Italy adds to a mountain of evidence that a mercury-based preservative once used in many vaccines doesn't hurt children, offering more reassurance to parents. ...more

January 26, 2009

Two Florida fire departments are dumping their fire-resistant uniform pants amid concerns that the fabric used is toxic. ...more

January 16, 2009

Sam Silverman is co-captain of his high school football team - a safety accustomed to bruising collisions. But that's nothing compared with the abuse he gets for being a vegetarian. ...more

January 12, 2009