Costa Rican President Oscar Arias says he has swine flu and has been quarantined at home with a fever and sore throat. ...more

August 11, 2009

Pinellas County has its first official swine flu-related death. The patient was a 36-year-old man and, as with many of the swine flu fatalities, had an underlying health condition. The health department learned Monday he had tested positive for swine flu, but it has released few other details, including his name or when he died, because of patient privacy concerns. ...more

August 11, 2009

Health officials today confirmed the fourth swine flu-related death in Hillsborough County. ...more

August 6, 2009

Eight Falkenburg Road Jail inmates have been tested for swine flu, but there are no confirmed cases of the illness within the jail, said Col. Jim Previtera of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Twenty-four inmates are in respiratory isolation for an array of reasons, from recent travel to Mexico to flulike symptoms to contact with people confirmed to have the swine flu. ...more

August 4, 2009

Seven inmates at the Pinellas County Jail have tested positive for swine flu, officials said Thursday. ...more

July 31, 2009

Two men in Hillsborough and one in Hernando have died from swine flu, the first reported deaths attributed to the virus in both counties. ...more

July 23, 2009

Bell Shoals Baptist Church is asking members with flulike symptoms to stay home after a child attending its vacation Bible school was identified as a possibly having swine flu. ...more

July 20, 2009

A church has informed its congregation that a child attending its vacation Bible school has a probable case of swine flu. ...more

July 19, 2009

JetBlue Airways, citing dwindling demand linked to a swine flu outbreak in Mexico, is temporarily discontinuing its Tampa-Cancun flights. ...more

July 8, 2009

Health officials say a sixth person who had swine flu has died in Florida. ...more

July 7, 2009