SARASOTA — Across the nation, 3-D printing is benefiting medical care in multiple ways, including the creation of better performing medical de…
VENICE — Parents can be forgiven if they’re scratching their heads about sending their kids back to school in a couple of weeks.
VENICE — Blood donation centers are struggling to supply busy hospitals, causing a national crisis this summer.
As we emerge from the pandemic, we’re starting to see the return of an age-old ritual: the handshake.
VENICE — When the state’s COVID-19 Weekly Situation Report, due out on Friday afternoons, is late, it’s usually a sign of bad news.
It’s officially bug-biting season. While some bugs are just annoying to deal with, the bite of others can be potentially dangerous.
SARASOTA — A month ago, the COVID-19 patient census at Sarasota Memorial Hospital was in the single digits.
Do I need to take precautions at hotels if I’m vaccinated?
VENICE — The number of COVID-19 cases in Florida more than doubled in the weeks from June 11 to July 2.
VENICE — With COVID-19 case numbers rising in much of the country because of the Delta variant, Dr. Celine Gounder said people have a simple c…
VENICE — When it was finally released, the state’s July 2 COVID-19 Weekly Situation Report showed a 35% increase in cases and a 1.4 percentage…
VENICE — Millie Myers said her birthday celebration Wednesday was “the best party I ever had.”
VENICE — Most of Florida’s COVID-19 numbers rose to the highest level in a month or more last week, according to the state’s Weekly Situation …
Editor’s Note: Florida’s Weekly Situation Report for June 25-July 1 had not been released by deadline.
VENICE — The Kids’ Summer Beach Runs hosted by the Sarasota County Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources have returned to their normal weekl…
VENICE — The 12-19 age group had the biggest increase in vaccinations over the last month, but the percentage of people in that age group vacc…
ENGLEWOOD — Some women can experience swelling of the lymph nodes following a COVID-19 vaccination — however, that shouldn’t be a reason to av…
ENGLEWOOD — Englewood Community Hospital announced this week that Andrea Truex is the new chief nursing officer, effective July 12.
VENICE — Free Veterans Wellness Clinics and Healthy Luncheon Lectures are held at the American Legion posts in Venice and North Port.
ENGLEWOOD — Healogics recently presented the Center of Distinction award to Englewood Community Hospital’s Wound Care Center.
VENICE — The Florida Department of Health hasn’t said whether the Delta variant of COVID-19 is in Sarasota County, but there’s no reason to th…
SARASOTA — Sarasota Memorial Hospital has released a question and answer with Dr. Manuel Gordillo, its epidemiologist and infectious disease s…
SARASOTA — A new hospice provider has been licensed in Sarasota County for the first time in more than four decades.
VENICE — The temperature in a parked car can rise 20 degrees in just 10 minutes even in cooler weather and a child’s body temperature rises th…
NORTH PORT — Free Veterans Wellness Clinics and Healthy Luncheon Lectures are held regularly at the American Legion Post 254, 6648 Taneytown S…
SARASOTA — If you’ve been putting off a visit to the Department of Health-Sarasota vaccination clinic at the Sarasota Square Mall, you only ha…
SARASOTA — In another step toward normality, Sarasota Memorial Hospital has resumed its HealthCast podcasts, which had been suspended due to t…
ENGLEWOOD — When an approaching hurricane shut down the SunCoast Blood Centers for four days a few years back, the local branch called an out-…