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

TAMPA - A Port Richey pain doctor was convicted today on six charges of possessing and receiving child pornography. ...more

July 10, 2008

Maybe it's the rising price of gas and food that's making more Florida smokers kick the habit. Maybe it's the growing societal pressure not to light up. More likely, it's the surge of dollars into an advertising campaign - the result of a constitutional amendment voters passed two years ago. ...more

June 28, 2008

TAMPA – A man working as a dental lab technician in Sun City Center has been arrested and charged with the unlicensed practice of a health care profession, according to the Florida Department of Health. ...more

June 27, 2008

A Miami-Dade County man has been charged with practicing medicine illegally at parties where women take shots of silicone to make their butts bigger. ...more

June 20, 2008

Teach your kids how to kick cigarettes superhero-style with DC Comics' newest Justice League comic, "No Smoke Without Fire." ...more

June 14, 2008

SEBRING — The yearly infant mortality rate for Highlands County nearly doubled from 2003 to 2006, according to data from the Florida Department of Health. In 2006, more than half of those deaths came from parents living in Avon Park, and more than half the deaths in the whole county involved blacks. The stated-funded Healthy Start Coalition of Hardee, Highlands and Polk Counties, a pregnancy and infant care program, also noted a trend where more infants were killed by accidental suffocations instead of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). ...more

May 19, 2008

The cost of providing health services is going up, and the Pasco County Health Department plans to raise fees to compensate. ...more

May 10, 2008

Hillsborough County Health Department Director Doug Holt said he has noticed a rise in diagnoses of flu, with a variety of areas reporting cases. ...more

February 21, 2008

Mitchell Heights residents who have unanswered questions about pollution in their neighborhood will get a chance to grill local and state officials next week at an open house hosted by the Hernando County Health Department. ...more

February 17, 2008