Hundreds of scientists, builders, engineers and others converged on Tampa this week to share research and learn more about tainted drywall imported from China. ...more

November 7, 2009

While seasonal residents were away, a group of people from Sun City Center and Kings Point came together to form the Greater Sun City Center Chinese Drywall Coordinating Group. The new task force has spent its time collecting information for homeowners, lobbying on their behalf and even helping affected properties gain a tax break. ...more

November 4, 2009

The city council spent about an hour in a special meeting Thursday evening to better prepare New Port Richey and its residents for a possible swine flu outbreak. ...more

October 31, 2009

The people of Hernando County are sick. According to the 2008 Florida Department of Health Assessment Survey nearly half of the county is overweight or obese, has diabetes and either smokes of uses tobacco in one form of another. ...more

October 29, 2009

The Highlands County Health Department began offering free dental care to uninsured pregnant women last Wednesday and its offices are already booked for the next two weeks. ...more

October 26, 2009

The second swine flu-related death in Pasco County has been confirmed about a week after the first. County health officials said Friday a 45-year-old man tested positive for H1N1. He also had underlying health problems. No other information about the man was available. ...more

October 21, 2009

The Pasco County Health Department has reported the first swine-flu related death of a county resident. ...more

October 8, 2009

A 53-year-old Hernando County woman has died from the H1N1 virus, making her the second county resident to have died from what is commonly called swine flu. ...more

October 6, 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

The death of a fourth person has been linked to swine flu in Pinellas County, the county health department said. ...more

September 16, 2009