Largo Police Searching for Witnesses to Fatal Single-Vehicle Car Crash

Largo police are looking for any information or any witnesses who may have seen a single car accident that occurred on southbound U.S. 19 on Monday night around 7:15 p.m., reports WTSP Television. The 22-year-old driver, a St. Petersburg woman, died when she lost control of her 1995 Isuzu Rodeo SUV near 150th Avenue and…

The drug Gardasil has been controversial ever since its approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2006 for the prevention of genital warts and cervical and vaginal cancer, but on Wednesday, December 33, an FDA press release announced the approval of the vaccine for the prevention of anal cancer due to the…

The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is investigating a single-vehicle car crash that killed a 74-year-old man on Interstate 10 in Baker County early morning on Wednesday, December 22 according to First Coast News. The man was driving westbound just outside of Glen St. Mary when he lost control of his SUV at about 5 a.m.,…

A new federal Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) report on deadly accidents last year that involved all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) was recently released. An ATV is an off-road motorized vehicle with three or four low pressure tires, a straddle seat, and handlebars. Recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs) have a bench or bucket seat and were not included…

Are electronic medical records the answer to reducing medical errors and increasing patient safety? Almost two years ago, President Obama promised $19 billion to help the nation’s hospitals change over to a paperless system but it still hasn’t happened, and now there are some doubts whether or not electronic records are really an improvement over…

Are prescription eyeglasses as important to use while driving as they are to read? Consumer Affairs reports on a recent survey by a manufacturer of optical lenses that discovered 20 percent of people who rely on prescription eyeglasses sometimes drive without their prescription eyewear. Instead, they may rely on sunglasses that are non-prescription to cut…