NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Florida Department of Health reported two additional locally-acquired dengue fever cases in Miami-Dade County this past week, bringing the total local cases this year to five. All...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Escambia County The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County (FDOH-Escambia) urges residents to avoid contact with wild and stray animals to protect themselves from the risk...

Health officials in Escambia County, Florida issued a rabies alert for the whole county. The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County (FDOH-Escambia)  received a positive test result for rabies...

Escambia County health officials issued a rabies advisory for the west Pensacola area of Escambia County, Florida yesterday. This advisory is in response to a positive result for rabies, in a raccoon,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County (FDOH-Escambia) urges residents and visitors to protect themselves from the risk of rabies exposure by avoiding...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 A stray cat that recently attacked two individuals in Escambia County, Florida has tested positive for rabies, prompting warning from health officials to avoid contact with wild...

On December 23, one premise in Escambia County, Florida was placed under quarantine for strangles, according to a recent Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC) alert. Per the owner, the horse was...

Florida health officials have reported two additional human West Nile virus (WNV) cases in the past week. The new cases were reported in Escambia and Bay Counties. This brings the state total to six cases– Bay,...

The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County (FDOH-Escambia) has issued a mosquito-borne illness advisory. The first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) in 2016 was confirmed in a resident in Escambia...

The number of Vibrio vulnificus infections in Florida has increased by two during the past week as new cases were reported in Charlotte County and Santa Rosa County. This brings the total number of vibriosis...