With swine flu still running rampant across the country, students and adults who used to drag themselves to school or work while sick are suddenly being told they need to stay home. That push to prevent others from being infected, though, can have unintended consequences as a Hawaiian woman found out Monday at Tampa International Airport. ...more

November 10, 2009

Q. What are the risks that face the infants below 6 months? Are all of them at high risk? - Nashaat, Cairo, Egypt ...more

November 9, 2009

Swine flu vaccinations will be available Monday to students who attend 16 Pinellas County schools. ...more

November 7, 2009

While at SFCC the other day, picking up my wife after class, I found myself in a student lounge area reading the student paper "Panther Purr," with S. Carl, editor. ...more

November 7, 2009

The University of South Florida has begun giving swine flu vaccinations to priority groups, such as pregnant women, but is still waiting for enough supply to administer mass vaccinations on campus. ...more

November 6, 2009

With the swine flu, high unemployment and plummeting housing prices, Sun City Center has not been immune to national problems. Part-time residents here, however, can always count on cheery friends and neighbors to welcome them back every November. ...more

November 4, 2009

Infants to young adults are among the most likely to contract swine flu and should be vaccinated against the H1N1 virus, public health experts say. But what about people in this age group who are taking immunosuppressant drugs to combat chronic health problems such as Crohn's disease, asthma, HIV and rheumatoid arthritis? The answer, according to doctors at the Nationwide Children's Hospital, is yes, but with a caveat: children and young adults taking immunosuppressants should receive the H1N1 vaccine via injection, not the nasal mist. ...more

November 4, 2009

The Hillsborough County Health Department vaccinated 2,162 elementary school students, their parents and teachers against the swine flu Monday at four after-school centers. ...more

November 4, 2009

Lisa Wright Rogers has vaccinated hundreds of children, so the registered nurse knew what she was doing Monday when she told Beth Podraza to go first. ...more

November 3, 2009

Sarasota health officials expect a crowd when they begin offering vaccinations at selected schools this weekend for elementary and pre-kindergarten students. ...more

November 2, 2009