Lawerence and Sarah Holton had roughly two-and-a-half minutes to come up with a name for their newborn daughter before she was transported to Orlando's neonatal unit. ...more

January 31, 2009

Vicks VapoRub ointment, the menthol compound created 118 years ago, has been used by millions of parents to relieve symptoms of cough and congestion in their small children. Now a study by the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is creating new debate about the safety of the over-the-counter medication. ...more

January 21, 2009

A person severely injured in a mobile home fire this morning has been identified as a woman in her 60s, and if she lives, she can thank an ambulance crew that arrived before firefighters, Largo fire officials say. ...more

November 26, 2008

A U.S. Marshals fugitive task force nabbed two of Quebec's 10 most wanted fugitives today in Tampa, where they arrested a Canadian couple wanted in the slaying of their baby. ...more

November 7, 2008

Americans are always being counted and categorized by one study or another, so there are plenty of statistics about people with disabilities. Some of the most disturbing have to do with weight. ...more

September 6, 2008

Americans are always being counted and categorized by one study or another, so there are plenty of statistics about people with disabilities. Some of the most disturbing have to do with weight. ...more

September 5, 2008

It used to be a problem only dog owners had to worry about: deadly heartworm disease. ...more

August 6, 2008

LAKE PLACID — At 8 a.m. last Thursday, paramedic John Dyess and EMT Todd Kreulen parked a Highlands County EMS ambulance at the Tomoka Heights station, unlocked the door and staffed this station for the first time since mid-April. That put county EMS back to its full daily staffing level of eight ambulances, including two in the Lake Placid area. About four hours later, Dyess and Kreulen responded to their first 911 call from the Tomoka station, a former model home just north of Florida Hospital on U.S. 27 South. They reached a patient in respiratory distress in less than five minutes, well within EMS's goal of a six-minute average response time. Steve Coltharp, acting EMS director, said reopening the Tomoka station improves response times not only in the Lake Placid area but also throughout the county. The county's recent hiring of two paramedics and three EMTs solved a manpower shortage that forced EMS to reduce its ambulance crews from eight to seven. ...more

November 13, 2007

Federal scientists think they have linked massive pollution outflows from the Mississippi River to intense red tide algae blooms that in recent years have devastated tourism and water-related businesses along Florida's Gulf Coast. ...more

November 7, 2007