By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Florida Department of Health announced an additional human case of West Nile virus (WNV) infection reported this week in Palm Beach County. This bringing the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Dengue fever In an update on the dengue fever situation in the Florida Keys, the Florida Department of Health in Monroe County reported three additional cases that...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Florida Department of Health reported this evening that the coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19 case count has risen to 7773 total (7495 in residents). The top...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Florida Department of Health (DOH) reported an additional 275 positive COVID-19 cases yesterday evening, bringing the state’s total to  4,038 cases–this...

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) has reported a number of equine diseases in several counties across the state recently. Several cases of Strangles have been confirmed. One...

During the past five years in Florida, health officials saw an average of six mumps cases annually. However, this year the the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) has seen 56 cases through mid-December. While...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified a potential risk of Zika virus transmission starting on June, 15, 2016, to present in Miami-Dade County, Florida, that also could affect...

After reporting 47 locally transmitted Zika virus cases in Florida through Aug. 31- in Pinellas, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties- state agriculture officials have finally and not surprisingly detected...

Florida health officials have reported 13 Vibrio vulnificus cases as of July 5, including four fatalities thus far in 2016. Fatalities have been reported in the following counties: Broward, Citrus, Palm...