Florida’s surveillance chart tracks close to 100 diseases, indicating the age range, county, diagnosis status and whether the person acquired the disease inside Florida, inside the U.S. or ...

At least four people in Florida have died from infections caused by a rare flesh-eating bacteria so far this year, according ...

Record number of cases of the life-threatening Vibrio bacteria in Florida last year after Hurricanes Milton and Helene ...

Leprosy hearkens back centuries, all the way to its reference in the Bible in the Book of Leviticus. People in Florida are talking about leprosy again — and not just in church or Sunday school ...

Measles has arrived in Central Florida, with the disease infecting a Polk County resident age 20-24, the first Florida adult infected with the highly contagious disease this year.

A cat named Pepper has once again helped scientists discover a new virus—this time a mysterious orthoreovirus found in a ...

By implementing these targeted measures, we can significantly reduce the risk of mosquito-borne diseases and protect the health and well-being of all children in South Florida.

In 2020 alone, Florida accounted for almost 60% of the reported outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease nationally and 38% of outbreaks in health care facilities nationwide.