Q. My 91 year old mother is a survivor of the 1918-1919 pandemic. As long as she can remember, she has never had another flu since. Nor have I contacted a flu to the best of my knowledge. Is it possible for the children of the pandemic survivors to have built up an immunity to flu viruses? ...more

October 27, 2009

A Hudson retirement community is discouraging visitors and taking other steps because of a recent outbreak of what appears to be a stomach bug. ...more

February 14, 2009

Two Florida fire departments are dumping their fire-resistant uniform pants amid concerns that the fabric used is toxic. ...more

January 16, 2009

TAMPA - A Tampa woman conducted cosmetic surgery in her home without a license, police say. ...more

February 4, 2008

An FBI report supports claims by two Egyptian students that the devices they had in the trunk of their car in August were fireworks and not explosives, a defense attorney argues in a new court filing. ...more

January 31, 2008

TAMPA – An FBI report supports claims by two Egyptian students that the devices they had in the trunk of their car last August were fireworks and not explosives, a defense attorney argues in a new court filing. ...more

January 30, 2008

Recent laboratory tests found so much mercury in tuna sushi from 20 Manhattan stores and restaurants that at most of them, a regular diet of six pieces a week would exceed the levels considered acceptable by the Environmental Protection Agency. ...more

January 23, 2008

one of life's greatest joys - are with us just a fraction of our lives. ...more

November 3, 2007