On any given day, dozens of families could wind up in special maternity units, delivering babies weeks or months early. ...more

November 27, 2009

Michael Gay didn't think much of a small fire he saw when he was driving down 80 Foot Road near Bartow on Wednesday night. ...more

November 14, 2009

Two Pasco County residents were recovering at a Tampa hospital Monday after being bitten by rattlesnakes during the weekend. ...more

November 3, 2009

One fatality was reported Monday when a pygmy rattlesnake bit an 87-year-old woman on the hand. The final score: Cane-wielding octogenarian, 1: venomous snake, 0. ...more

August 10, 2009

Grants have been awarded to several area groups: •The March of Dimes awarded $90,000 to the Healthy Start Coalition of Hillsborough County for the first year of a three-year grant to help save at-risk babies. The program will focus on the overall wellness of mothers of babies in Tampa General Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). ...more

May 23, 2009

In their home countries, children such as 19-month-old Mich Acon of Uganda would face an uncertain future because of serious health problems. ...more

May 13, 2009

Morton Plant North Bay Hospital recently unveiled the name of its new patient wing, Starkey Medical Tower. ...more

May 3, 2009

Tampa Bay Storm minority owner Peter "Woody" Kern is in critical condition after undergoing surgery for an aortic aneurysm, the team announced Tuesday. ...more

March 31, 2009

Corey Neil and his wife, April, a speech language pathologist at Tampa General Hospital, recently brought dozens of gifts and gift cards to the Childlife Therapy program at the hospital. The Neils donated the gifts on behalf of The L.V. Thompson Family Foundation, for which Corey Neil serves as a member of the board of directors. ...more

March 25, 2009

A family spokesman says former first lady Barbara Bush had successful open heart surgery. ...more

March 5, 2009