To many people, it's a health food. To others, it's simply soda in disguise. That virtuous glass of juice is feeling the squeeze as doctors, scientists and public health officials step up efforts to reduce the nation's girth. ...more

November 9, 2009

Q. Once you have had the H1N1 virus, can you catch it again? ...more

October 27, 2009

There's a lot of information circulating about swine flu, especially now that vaccinations have begun in the Bay area. ...more

October 25, 2009

Saying it is experiencing the same problems obtaining swine flu vaccine as public health agencies around the nation, the Pinellas County Health Department has called a temporary halt to its "general immunization clinics." ...more

October 24, 2009

There is no shouting here. In the neonatal intensive care unit at Tallahassee Memorial hospital, nurses' voices are restrained even as they rush in with new patients and gently push needles into thread-thin veins. Too much stimulation can overwhelm their tiny charges. With underdeveloped lungs, babies cannot cry out. ...more

November 28, 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

SEBRING — When it comes to prevention of staph infections, Mom was right. A high school student from Virginia died recently after he was hospitalized with a staph infection, and one of five Hardee Senior High School football team members suffering from a staph infection was hospitalized after a reaction to medication. The Hardee outbreak was mentioned in a Tampa Bay-area TV station broadcast, but health officials say the scare is being overblown. Mothers and several local public health officials and health providers agree, the best way to prevent a staph infection is by washing your hands. ...more

October 19, 2007

PALMETTO - A woman authorities say is a prostitute is accused of knowingly and recklessly exposing at least 20 men to the virus that causes AIDS, potentially exposing an untold number of people. ...more

October 10, 2007