Lana Gahagan, left, shows Mireille Hatchell how to use walking poles during the STEPtember event Saturday at the 1-mile Hardy Trail in Dade City. Gahagan sells the poles from her store, Happy 2 B Walking, in Brooksville. The event, to encourage better health through walking, was sponsored by the Sunrise Rotary Dade City and the Florida Department of Health in Pasco County. ...more

September 17, 2008

Authorities are seeking a Weeki Wachee man whom they say passed himself off as a pediatrician. ...more

September 16, 2008

Both state and county health departments are asking a judge to shut down a Weeki Wachee restaurant for sanitary reasons. ...more

September 5, 2008

The Florida Department of Health has begun testing indoor air quality in homes surrounding the Raytheon defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

August 27, 2008

The Florida Department of Health has begun testing indoor air quality in homes surrounding the Raytheon defense plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

August 26, 2008

An apparent consensus of the city council to stop putting fluoride in the city's water supply is something to smile about or not, depending on whom you ask. ...more

August 14, 2008

The Rev. Gary Don Cooper said Tuesday that his counseling practice is no different than the relationship a minister has when a parishioner seeks counsel at church, only his ministry is in a different setting. ...more

August 13, 2008

The Rev. Gary Don Cooper, who says he is a Christian psychologist, has been charged with practicing health care without a license. ...more

August 12, 2008

Backyard swimming pools are a treat for most families, but they also can be a source of danger for infants and toddlers. ...more

July 27, 2008

If you need extra motivation to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes this summer, consider this from the Florida Department of Health: ...more

July 12, 2008