As families and friends open their homes to loved ones over Christmas and New Year's, area emergency rooms are opening their doors to those suffering from physical and emotional problems brought on by the holiday season. ...more

December 24, 2009

The founder of the Critter Adoption and Rescue Effort shelter is calling it quits after nine years of serving as its medical director. ...more

December 16, 2009

University of South Florida researchers plan to study the effects of the swine flu vaccine on HIV-infected children and pregnant women. ...more

October 31, 2009

The Highlands County Health Department continues to wait for more shipments of the swine flu vaccines to open a vaccination clinic for residents. The first batches of the vaccines have been delivered to local pediatricians and obstetricians for children and pregnant women who are at higher risk for complications. ...more

October 22, 2009

State license received November 1984 - First patient admitted September 1986 - Rodney S. Taylor appointed as executive director ...more

August 8, 2009

Seven inmates at the Pinellas County Jail have tested positive for swine flu, officials said Thursday. ...more

July 31, 2009

The Sun City Center Man2Man Cancer support group meets ...more

April 1, 2009

The man was an alcoholic with no money, and he had a blood clot in his leg that could have killed him. ...more

April 1, 2009

Samaritan's Touch Care Center held its first annual fundraising dinner last Saturday night. The primary and specialized care clinic provides free medical care to area families who have no medical insurance of any kind, including Medicare and Medicaid, and whose income is at or below 200 percent of federal poverty guidelines. ...more

March 31, 2009

ATLANTA - Lawmakers in two states, outraged by California's "Octomom," are seeking to limit the number of embryos that may be implanted by fertility clinics. ...more

March 5, 2009