Q. I'm a 37-year-old with severe COPD and I have a son who is 7 with severe asthma. Shouldn't we be top priority of getting the H1N1 Vaccine? Please help! - Stephanie, North Wilkesboro, N.C. ...more

November 10, 2009

Local health and social services agencies, along with community volunteers, joined forces recently to ensure children were ready for this week's opening of public schools. ...more

August 26, 2009

Local health officials will be at Armwood High School today to test for tuberculosis. ...more

May 11, 2009

It's not too late to get a flu shot, a Pasco County Health Department official said. The flu season has been relatively mild so far in Florida, but is expected to increase in the weeks ahead, according to Deanna Krautner, health education and communications coordinator for the agency. ...more

February 14, 2009

You might have noticed the rattle in the chest of someone you work next to, or that incessant hacking of the guy in the next cubicle. ...more

December 23, 2008

February typically is the height of flu season and while there isn't an epidemic out there now, getting a preventive shot now can ward off any future ailments, health officials say. ...more

December 22, 2008

A year ago local health professionals began probing Hillsborough County's disturbingly high infant mortality rate. They now have some answers to why so many babies are dying. ...more

June 22, 2008

Pregnant women, babies and toddlers would join doctors, emergency workers and soldiers at the head of the line for scarce vaccine if a super strain of flu triggers the next pandemic, says a draft government plan to be released today. ...more

October 23, 2007