Three years ago Wanda Brote called the county's veterans services office and asked if they needed help with their food drive. ...more

November 10, 2009

Students in Pinellas County public schools today started receiving the H1N1 vaccine. The school district, along with the Pinellas County Health Department, launched the mass vaccination effort at 16 schools. And the plan is to rotate the mini-clinics to different schools each day. "Wonderful, I think it's a great thing that they're offering it," said Paula Nixon, whose daughter, Grace, attends Madeira Beach Middle School. "There are about 1,300 children at this school, K through 8, and that's a lot of children they're exposed to on a daily basis." ...more

November 9, 2009

The Pasco County Health Department will offer free swine flu nasal spray and injectable vaccinations to priority groups Saturday and Nov. 14 in Dade City, New Port Richey and Land O' Lakes. ...more

November 6, 2009

The Highlands County Health Department (HCHD) would like to respond to a letter written to the editor on Oct. 29 about "free dental care." ...more

November 5, 2009

A pair of events will help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Heart Institute at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point. ...more

November 4, 2009

The Hillsborough County Health Department vaccinated 2,162 elementary school students, their parents and teachers against the swine flu Monday at four after-school centers. ...more

November 4, 2009

Tickets for vaccines will be given at 8 a.m. ...more

November 3, 2009

Sarasota health officials expect a crowd when they begin offering vaccinations at selected schools this weekend for elementary and pre-kindergarten students. ...more

November 2, 2009

The city council spent about an hour in a special meeting Thursday evening to better prepare New Port Richey and its residents for a possible swine flu outbreak. ...more

October 31, 2009

City Council held a roughly hour long special meeting Thursday evening to better prepare New Port Richey and its residents in the event of a possible H1N1 outbreak. ...more

October 31, 2009