NewsDesk @bactiman63 Two weeks ago, The Florida Department of Health (DOH-Charlotte) in Charlotte County confirmed a case of an individual infected with Naegleria fowleri, possibly as a result of sinus...

MD Now, the largest and fastest-growing urgent care services provider in Florida, is expanding in St. Lucie County. The new West Fort Pierce location is MD Now’s 79th clinic in Florida—and the second...

Effective March 1, all of Bay Pines VA Healthcare System’s facilities will only require masks in buildings where health care is administered. This decision was made following a review of current national...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Florida Department of Health (DOH) and the state health departments of Georgia and Alabama have detected a Salmonella outbreak associated with the consumption of raw oysters...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Florida Department of Health (DOH-Charlotte) in Charlotte County has confirmed one Florida case recently infected with Naegleria fowleri, possibly as a result of sinus...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Florida Department Agriculture and Consumer Services reported the second confirmed case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) for Florida in 2023. The four-year-old, undervaccinated...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Florida Department Agriculture and Consumer Services reported a Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) case in a 14 year old quarter horse in Lake County. The mare exhibited acute...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials with the University of North Florida Student Health Services reported 13 students required treatment for infestation or exposure to scabies, according to the school newspaper,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Florida Department of Health reported the first locally acquired dengue fever case of 2023 in Miami-Dade County last week. The serotype was DENV-3. This follows reporting 68...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Florida health officials reported two additional autochthonous dengue fever during the last week of 2022 in Miami-Dade County, bringing the state total to 65. Sixty-one of the cases...