Starting next year across the country, rape victims too afraid or too ashamed to go to police can undergo an emergency-room forensic rape exam, and the evidence gathered will be kept on file in a sealed envelope in case they decide to press charges. ...more

May 18, 2008

The economic slowdown has swelled the ranks of people without health insurance. But now it is also threatening millions of people who have insurance but find that the coverage is too limited or they cannot afford their own share of medical costs. ...more

May 4, 2008

More than 7,000 children get rushed to emergency rooms each year after suffering adverse reactions to cough and cold medicines, according to the first national estimate of the risks posed by the widely used remedies. ...more

January 29, 2008

The folks at Angie's List got our attention with this dramatically cautionary photo of a member's DIY project gone bad. (He shot himself with a nail gun during a basement remodel. Ouch.) ...more

January 26, 2008

A 52-year-old woman died following a crash Saturday night in Hudson where two motorcycles struck a Toyota pickup. ...more

January 13, 2008

Edgar Michael Otero, 29, of Sebring was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday afternoon on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse. ...more

January 8, 2008

Ronda Gary-Jackson said that though her 14-year-old adopted son is smart and entertaining, he always has been an angry person with emotional issues. ...more

January 8, 2008

When state regulators decided South Bay Hospital in Sun City Center could move to a new location, they disappointed area residents and a competitor that also hopes to build a new hospital in Riverview. ...more

December 30, 2007

Improper use of patches that emit the painkiller fentanyl is still killing people, the government said Friday - its second warning in two years about the powerful narcotic. ...more

December 22, 2007

Infectious-disease expert David Gilbert was making rounds at the Providence Portland Medical Center in Oregon in April when he realized that an unusual number of patients, including young, vigorous adults, were being hit by a frightening pneumonia. ...more

December 11, 2007