The Pasco County Health Department is giving seasonal flu shots. These are not preventive for swine flu. ...more

August 29, 2009

A 22-year-old pregnant woman with the illness, also called swine flu, died Thursday, the county health department said. The baby was delivered and is receiving care at a local hospital. ...more

August 21, 2009

Pinellas County has its first official swine flu-related death. The patient was a 36-year-old man and, as with many of the swine flu fatalities, had an underlying health condition. The health department learned Monday he had tested positive for swine flu, but it has released few other details, including his name or when he died, because of patient privacy concerns. ...more

August 11, 2009

The Highlands County Teen Pregnancy Prevention Alliance (TPPA) will hold its monthly meeting from 9:30 - 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4 in the Large Conference Room at the Highlands County Health Department, 7205 S. George Blvd., in Sebring. ...more

August 3, 2009

Two men in Hillsborough and one in Hernando have died from swine flu, the first reported deaths attributed to the virus in both counties. ...more

July 23, 2009

Bell Shoals Baptist Church is asking members with flulike symptoms to stay home after a child attending its vacation Bible school was identified as a possibly having swine flu. ...more

July 20, 2009

A church has informed its congregation that a child attending its vacation Bible school has a probable case of swine flu. ...more

July 19, 2009

A 61-year-old man, upset over a mix-up in his medication, threatened to blow up a Pinellas County Health and Human Services office on Monday evening, police said. ...more

July 7, 2009

If you were planning to spend Memorial Day at Picnic Island, you might want to consider a change of venue, especially if you wanted to go swimming. ...more

May 23, 2009

The Hillsborough County Health Department has closed the beach until further notice because recent water quality tests detected elevated levels of bacteria in the water. ...more

May 22, 2009