The county has released a report with plenty of bite to it. Animal bites, that is. ...more

October 28, 2008

The Elks Lodge will be packed today with health-conscious people from across the county who hope to collect souvenirs and have many of their health-care questions answered at the Fourth Annual Hernando Community Health Fair. ...more

October 18, 2008

As of today, two senior residents have qualified to get their homes repaired as part of County Commissioner Jeff Stabins' economic incentive program. ...more

October 10, 2008

Oscar Silva lives at BrandyWine apartments in St. Petersburg just a few hundred feet from the Raytheon defense plant. Tuesday, the Florida Department of Health sent a letter to Silva telling him the indoor air in his apartment has a cancer-causing level of a chemical called 1,2, Dichloroethane, also known as DCA, one of the chemicals showing up in the Raytheon groundwater plume that has been spreading under the neighborhoods since 1999. ...more

September 18, 2008

A man who authorities say illegally advertised himself online as a pediatrician surrendered at the county jail on Wednesday morning. ...more

September 18, 2008

The Florida Department of Health says air tests have uncovered one of the same chemicals found in the Raytheon groundwater pollution plume in the indoor air of five apartments and condominiums near the company's defense plant at 1501 72nd St. N. in St. Petersburg. ...more

September 17, 2008

Lana Gahagan, left, shows Mireille Hatchell how to use walking poles during the STEPtember event Saturday at the 1-mile Hardy Trail in Dade City. Gahagan sells the poles from her store, Happy 2 B Walking, in Brooksville. The event, to encourage better health through walking, was sponsored by the Sunrise Rotary Dade City and the Florida Department of Health in Pasco County. ...more

September 17, 2008

Authorities are seeking a Weeki Wachee man whom they say passed himself off as a pediatrician. ...more

September 16, 2008

Both state and county health departments are asking a judge to shut down a Weeki Wachee restaurant for sanitary reasons. ...more

September 5, 2008

The Florida Department of Health has begun testing indoor air quality in homes surrounding the Raytheon defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

August 27, 2008