Friday, January 2, 2015

IV rehydration divides doctors treating Ebola

Medical experts seeking to stem the Ebola epidemic are sharply divided over whether most patients in West Africa should, or can, be given intravenous hydration, a therapy that is standard in developed countries. Some argue that more aggressive treatment with IV fluids is medically possible and a moral obligation. But others counsel caution, …

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Mario Cuomo, former N.Y. governor, dies at age 82

Through three terms as governor, he shaped a legacy that stopped short of the presidency.

Top things to do in Tampa Bay the week of Jan. 5-11

The best things in life are free, and so are some of the best things to do this week in Tampa Bay. Here are a few:

Mario Cuomo, former N.Y. governor, dies at age 82

Through three terms as governor, he shaped a legacy that stopped short of the presidency.

App ranks Tampa Bay's most-Instagrammed restaurants

Foodstagramming was not among the Oxford English Dictionary's words of the year. (The big prize went to "vaping." Eh.)

Gemma the Jet adds youthful exuberance to circus' human cannonball act

An early wish to join the circus creates a human cannonball.

Tampa clergy to lead 'Black Lives Matter' march today

TAMPA — A coalition of local clergy is leading a "Black Lives Matter" march today through downtown, part of a nationwide movement highlighting the recent deaths of unarmed black men by police.