Maxim Healthcare Services has scheduled three H1N1 vaccination clinics to be held the first week in December. Individuals covered by the criteria set by Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines will be eligible to receive either the live nasal vaccine or the shot that does not contain the live vaccine. ...more

November 26, 2009

Sexually transmitted disease rates are soaring in the Tampa Bay area, with more than 70 percent of the cases among 15- to 19-year-olds. ...more

February 15, 2009

The Beth-El Farmworker Ministry gave its visitors an unconventional way of celebrating Mexican Independence Day. ...more

September 24, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- There continues to be a lot of misinformation about alleged salmonella contamination of tomatoes, says a Pasco-based home economist, but she offering advice on how to cope. "There is a lot of information coming out in newspapers and on television and it changes almost daily," Betsy Crisp, a family and consumer sciences specialist with Pasco County Cooperative Extension Service, said in a press release. ...more

June 23, 2008

The recent outbreak of ciguatera, or fish poisoning, reportedly caused by fish caught near Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary off Galveston, Texas, last November, is a reminder that the healthiest foods can have risks. ...more

February 20, 2008

Formerly a drug used only to treat heroin addiction, methadone has become more popular in recent years to treat pain. ...more

February 9, 2008

TAMPA – Formerly a drug used only to treat heroin addiction, methadone is becoming more popular in recent years to treat pain. As the use of the drug increases, so too do the deaths at an "alarming rate," according the National Drug Intelligence Center. Florida has become one of the leading states for methadone overdose deaths, according to the Center for Disease Control. ...more

February 8, 2008