A dog disease that veterinarians rarely saw five or 10 years ago is making a comeback in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

February 18, 2009

A special vaccine court ruled against parents with autistic children Thursday, saying that vaccines are not to blame for their children's neurological disorder. ...more

February 12, 2009

Hoping to stanch an outbreak of distemper in the Dade City area, Pasco County Animal Services will offer $2 vaccines and booster shots for dogs that may be threatened by the disease. ...more

January 9, 2009

Two Tampa residents treated dogs so poorly that the animals looked skeletal, investigators say. ...more

December 1, 2008

One in four teen girls have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against a virus that causes cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday. ...more

October 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

Relief may be on the way for all those youngsters trembling at the thought of another needle jab. One day the flu vaccine may simply be placed under the tongue. ...more

January 29, 2008

Vaccines aren't just for children, but far too few adults are rolling up their sleeves, disappointed federal health officials reported Wednesday. ...more

January 24, 2008

More than a million doses of a common vaccine given to babies as young as 2 months were being recalled Wednesday because of contamination risks, but the top U.S. health official said it was not a health threat. ...more

December 13, 2007

An Abyssinian cat from Missouri, named Cinnamon, has just made scientific history. Researchers have largely decoded her DNA, a step that may aid the search for treatments for feline and human diseases. ...more

November 1, 2007