Key West's Bahama Village has a new anchor, and it carries the name of the island's first school for African-American children. The Frederick Douglass Community Center and its Black Educators History Museum held their grand opening on Oct. 15, with speakers,…
Historic data on dengue outbreaks is limited. But available information from state health departments and medical journals suggests the Florida outbreak marks the most cases in a calendar year for any state since at least the 1940s.
1. VIBRIO VULNIFICUS: Florida cases still climbing, 13 dead across South Florida's Vibrio vulnificus reports are now up to 31 cases and five deaths, according to the latest update ending Oct. 17 from the Florida Department of Health. The latest case was a 65-69-year-old…
As the number of locally acquired dengue cases in Florida has risen to levels not seen in almost a century, the CDC held a call for clinicians to inform them on how to spot signs of the mosquito-borne illness and…
State health officials report 57 additional locally acquired dengue fever cases during the week ending October 17, bringing the state total to 425. Cases have been reported from 11 counties: Brevard, Broward, Citrus (2), Hillsborough (346), Manatee, Miami-Dade (9), Orange (8), Palm Beach, Pasco (4), Pinellas (51), and Polk. Of…
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Pinellas County is continuing to see a spike in dengue fever cases as the state's dengue fever outbreak shows no sign of slowing. Across the state of Florida, 425 locally acquired dengue fevers have been reported since the…
Child and two men were pulled out of vessel that was slowing filling with water in Hillsborough Bay Three people are lucky to be alive after a Florida sheriff’s deputy pulled them from their boat as it was taking on…
Florida health officials are responding to locally acquired dengue infections and West Nile virus detections with mosquito control measures and public health advisories. Reports from Citrus, Orange, Hillsborough, Pinellas and Bay counties describe growing concerns about mosquito-borne diseases and renewed…
A years-long fightover one of the world's rarest ecosystems has reached federal officials, as scientists and conservationists push back against a proposal that could reopen part of the protected Oculina Bank to shrimp trawling for the first time in decades.
Economic headwinds have triggered a shift in spending trends as visitors seek low-budget trips while weather, the airport runway rehabilitation project and Glacier Park’s new entry system have caused fluctuating visitation patterns In August, when an active wildfire season in…
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