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Rabies alert issued for Altamonte Springs area

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By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County (DOH-Seminole) is issuing a rabies alert for neighborhoods surrounding Altamonte Springs. The alert is in...

Florida reports 10 Vibrio vulnificus cases year-to-date

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Florida state health officials have reported 10 confirmed Vibrio vulnificus cases through July 12, according to the latest data. Cases have been confirmed in the...

Florida reports 66 mumps cases in first half of 2019

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By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews Florida state health officials reported an additional 26 mumps cases in June, bringing the total since the beginning of the year to 66 in fourteen counties. Eight...

Vibrio vulnificus, ‘Flesh-eating bacteria’ cases, reported in Maryland, Florida

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By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews Maryland After a young boy was infected with Vibrio, a type of flesh-eating bacteria recently near Ocean City, health officials say this case is rare and local...

Hepatitis A identified in Ugly Grouper employee, Vaccines offered today and tomorrow

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By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews Manatee County health officials announced Wednesday of a hepatitis A case in a food service worker at the Ugly Grouper restaurant located at 5704 Marina Drive ...

Adam Mayfield to chair Polk County Walk to End Alzheimer’s

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The Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association has announced that Adam Mayfield, financial advisor at Edward Jones, will serve as event chair for the organization’s 2019 Walk to End...

Florida Cancer Specialists (FCS) Foundation announces co-chairs of its annual fundraising Gala in Tampa

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Florida Cancer Specialists (FCS) Foundation is proud to announce that Florida Cancer Specialists physicians, Dr. R. Waide Weaver, and Dr. David D. Wright will serve as honorary co-chairs of its annual...