When it comes to Zika, it’s all about the money >
While every Zika case generates a headline, the mosquito-borne virus linked to horrendous birth defect remains a political football. It’s all about the money. Florida Gov.…
Five reasons why mosquitoes bite some people more than others >
If you think mosquitoes are more attracted to you than other people– you may be right, according to the American Mosquito Control Association. “There is no…
Doctor accused of shopping waiting room for ‘good-looking women’ >
While the Health Department investigated sexual molestation charges against one doctor, they found him in federal prison. A Health Department’s administrative complaint in 2005 against Dr. Richard Allen…
Number of Florida babies born addicted to opiates double >
Babies addicted to opioids – methadone, heroin and oxycodone – have doubled since 2010, according to a story by the News-Press in Fort Myers. Using newly…
Doctor accused of using whips, chains in ‘punishment therapy’ for depression >
When a patient filed a complaint about a doctor using “punishment therapy,” Palm Beach County sheriff’s detectives found whips, chains, blindfolds, handcuffs and sexual paraphernalia in…
State lets doctors accused of sexual abuse on patients keep practicing >
Dawn Marie Basham answers the phone in tears. “You caught me at a rough moment,” Basham explains between sobs. Less than a week earlier, prosecutors had…
