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

I am not one of those people who, upon hearing the description of some exotic disease, suddenly twitch with several applicable symptoms. Hypochondria and illness-envy are not among my personality quirks. ...more

November 4, 2009

Two more swine flu-related deaths have been reported in Hillsborough County. A 47-year-old woman died Sept. 16, and a 39-year-old man died Sunday. The woman had underlying medical conditions, the county health department said, while the man did not. They are the seventh and eighth people to die in Hillsborough County whose deaths were linked to swine flu. ...more

September 26, 2009

Costa Rican President Oscar Arias says he has swine flu and has been quarantined at home with a fever and sore throat. ...more

August 11, 2009

Leah Mitchell sat in the padded seats in the Mitchell gymnasium Wednesday night, devouring a cup of ice. ...more

October 4, 2008

Firefighters are working to cap a leaking tank of sulfur dioxide at a wastewater treatment plant in Gibsonton. ...more

August 22, 2008

An internal review has found no wrongdoing by jail staff in the death of Dorothy Palinchik, the Pinellas County Jail inmate who died of pneumonia brought on by a staph infection. ...more

July 18, 2008

An internal review has found no wrongdoing by jail staff in the death of Dorothy Palinchik, the Pinellas County Jail inmate who died of pneumonia brought on by a staph infection. ...more

July 17, 2008

Upon your arrival home after a day at work, your teenage daughter informs you she has a sore throat and a fever. ...more

February 18, 2008

Hewey Walker felt lousy. The Dover man felt plenty sick — enough to miss a day at work. But not so awful that it was worth a full-fledged doctor's appointment. ...more

February 15, 2008