It appears the slower-than-anticipated nationwide distribution of the H1N1 flu vaccine will continue well into the holiday season. Health officials remain unable to say when doses will reach an increasingly frustrated public. ...more

November 23, 2009

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

The recession has left more needy people desperate for medical care, so the Good Samaritan Health Clinic will put $62,000 from a recent fundraiser to good use to help the indigent. The Nurses Gala on May 8 benefited the clinic while recognizing Nurse of the Year in four categories from 18 nominees, Melissa Fahy, Good Samaritan CEO, explained. ...more

May 20, 2009

A faith-based health clinic is preparing to open a free dental office for the uninsured "working poor," according to its executive director. ...more

August 28, 2008

Lee Murphy always has a big heart, pitching in for countless fundraisers for Pasco charities. ...more

August 8, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Lee Murphy always has a big heart, pitching in for countless fundraisers for West Pasco charities. Now it turns out Murphy needs a heart. With his 37-year-old heart operating at 25 percent, doctors told him he will need a heart transplant. In the meantime a pacemaker, defibrillator and monitor will help keep him going. ...more

August 6, 2008

Forget Debate Club, or possibly Girl Scouts or even student government, apparently a group of sophomore girls in Gloucester, Mass., decided to get pregnant for the fun of it. These are girls with too much free time, or families who taught them all the wrong things. We believe the latter. The 17 girls, according to an Associate Press story, frequented the school health clinic. They took pregnancy tests and passed out high-fives when they came back positive. They appeared gloomy when the tests were negative. ...more

June 22, 2008

The girls showed up repeatedly at the high school health clinic, asking for pregnancy tests. But their reactions to the test results were puzzling: high-fives if they were expecting, long faces if they weren't. ...more

June 21, 2008

It's a tempting offer: Free prescription medications for people who need them the most - the poor, the uninsured, the homeless. Families of people who have died from diabetes, Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease call the Judeo Christian Health Clinic in Tampa every week hoping to donate leftover medications. Some bottles are full or hardly used and bear price tags in the hundreds of dollars. But the clinic's executive director, Kelly Nelson, must decline. "We can't use them," she says, "Unfortunately." ...more

May 30, 2008

Lee Fenton dressed like a real Bozo to celebrate the city recreation complex's first anniversary. ...more

May 27, 2008