Q. I have emphysema. I do not get flu shots because I was very ill for three months the only time I took it. Should I consider taking the H1N1 vaccine in two separate doses? Also, should I ask for the one without an adjuvant? - Lucy, Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada ...more

November 11, 2009

The Highlands County Health Department has received enough 2009 H1N1 Vaccine to hold vaccination clinics for students at the local schools. ...more

November 11, 2009

A nurse told a 38-year-old patient walking out of Community Hospital he couldn't leave Thursday afternoon because he still had an intravenous catheter in his arm, a police report states. ...more

November 7, 2009

Authorities say a southwest Florida homeless man brutally beheaded a wheelchair-bound man who was letting the suspect stay at his apartment. ...more

May 29, 2009

Why did Moses spend 40 years wandering in the desert? Because he wouldn't ask for directions. ...more

February 28, 2009

Paperwork Strangling Health-Care System I have been a registered nurse for 15 years and I can safely say the No. 1 complaint of every health care provider is the mounting volume of paperwork that robs patients of quality time and attention they deserve from caregivers. ...more

February 13, 2009

The mention of her upcoming 70th birthday seems to give Lily Tomlin a mild shock. ...more

February 12, 2009

A 23-year-old Odessa woman was arrested Tuesday, accused of leaving an infant in the care of her roommates for more than 20 hours without diapers or food in January. ...more

February 5, 2009

A 23-year-old Odessa woman was arrested Tuesday, accused of leaving an infant in the care of her roommates for more than 20 hours without diapers or food in January. ...more

February 4, 2009