Nazdar, The Masaryktown Baptist Church, located on Roosevelt Avenue and Kollar Street, will present a guest speaker, Jerri Vinton, at 7 p.m. tonight. She is a creationist scholar and will present "God's Creation versus Evolution...Truth or Consequences!" She will also be speaking on the "GAP" theory. The event is open to the public. ...more

March 22, 2009

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 5 percent to 20 percent of the U.S. population gets the flu each year. Of those, about 200,000 people require hospitalization and 36,000 ultimately die. But imagine if, in addition to the stresses of cold and flu season, American health providers were annually confronted with widespread outbreaks of malaria or a host of other diseases that could spread into the United States due to global warming. ...more

January 3, 2009

Don't look now, but cold and flu season is here. And when you catch a bug this winter, people will recommend all sorts of dietary cures to hasten recovery. ...more

December 27, 2008

Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

November 26, 2008

Donna Johnson has made it her mission to send care packages to U.S. servicemen and women overseas since her son, David, was deployed to Kyrgyzstan with the Air Force for the first time four years ago. ...more

October 13, 2008

Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

October 1, 2008

When cold and flu season strikes, auto-shop manager Todd Meredith's hands may end up in an engine to get a customer's car back on the road. The commissioner of the Central Virginia Basketball Officials Association, Ed Smith, may be forced to send fewer officials to a high school game. Health-care workers dedicated to patient care may have to be told to go home. ...more

January 20, 2008

Dear Abby: The standard form of greeting in the West is a handshake. But this can lead to transmission of germs. ...more

January 6, 2008

TAMPA - A University of South Florida health official picked up the ringing phone this morning and told yet another student not to worry about bacterial meningitis. ...more

September 23, 2007