NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County (DOH-Volusia) recently reported a confirmed a human case of West Nile virus (WNV). This is the first human WNV case reported in...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Florida state health officials reported two additional Vibrio vulnificus cases this week in Clay County and Volusia County. This brings the cumulative total through...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) reported a horse at a private facility in Volusia County has tested positive for Rabies. This...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Florida state health officials reported an additional 72 hepatitis A cases last week, bringing the outbreak total since January 2018 to 2,814 cases. In addition,...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Florida Department of Health reported an additional 63 hepatitis A cases during the past week bringing the outbreak total since the beginning of 2018 to 1,921, with nearly...

The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County (DOH- Volusia) recently reported a human Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) case. Health officials note that this is the first case seen in the county...

The number of cases of the bacterial equine infection, strangles, has reached 40 to date in 2017, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, with five recent cases reported. As...

For the fourth time this year, Florida health officials are reporting a human West Nile virus (WNV) case. On Friday, the Florida Department of Health in Volusia County (DOH-Volusia) confirmed a case of...

Florida health officials report 27 and 18 confirmed leprosy cases in 2015 and 2016, respectively. To date in 2017, the number of confirmed cases have reached 12, according to Florida Department of Health...

After remaining stable for several years, cases of syphilis are on the rise in Volusia County, according to the Florida Department of Health (DOH) in Volusia County. For the third consecutive year, syphilis...