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Texas: Chronic Wasting Disease reported in Duval County deer

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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been discovered in a deer breeding facility in Duval County, marking the first positive detection of the disease in the county, according to the...

Florida reports 40 additional hepatitis A cases in past week

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Florida Department of Health saw an additional 40 outbreak hepatitis A (HAV) cases during the past week, bringing the total to 4,046 cases since Jan. 2018. This...

Jacksonville: County health officials confirm measles case

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Duval County, FL health officials recently confirmed one measles case in an unimmunized child in Jacksonville. The Florida Department of Health in Duval County sent...

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Cyclospora Outbreak Linked to Cooper’s Hawk Winery in Jacksonville, FL

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By: Candess Zona-Mendola of MakeFoodSafe The news broke yesterday that 30 (and possibly more) people have been infected with cyclospora after a banquet held at the Cooper’s Hawk Winery and Restaurant...

Florida: Duval County accounts for more than 1/3 of West Nile cases in 2018

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According to the Florida Department of Health, a total of 33 human cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) illness was acquired in Florida in 2018 and Duval County in northeast part of the state accounted for...

West Nile virus: Six human cases reported in Jacksonville area

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Health officials in Duval and Nassau counties reported additional human West Nile virus (WNV) cases, prompting the issuance of mosquito-borne illness alerts on Monday. The Florida Department of Health...

Florida: Human West Nile virus case reported in Duval County

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Health officials in Duval County, Florida are reporting a human case of West Nile virus (WNV), the first in the county this year. Earlier this month, health officials issued an advisory after several...

Florida: Mumps case confirmed in Duval County

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The Florida Department of Health in Duval County has confirmed one case of mumps, and the Florida Department of Health in St. Johns County has identified two probable cases of mumps. The three individuals...

Florida reports 10 Vibrio vulnificus deaths in 2016

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During the past eight years, Florida has seen an average of just under ten fatalities annually due to infection with the bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus, and in 2016, the Florida Department of Health reported...

Zika in Florida: Local transmission in Duval County resident, Scott calls on President to release funds

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The Florida Department of Health (DOH) reported today an additional non-travel associated Zika virus case in a resident of Duval County. Health officials say the individual had multiple exposures in...