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A prominent Sarasota infectious disease doctor has placed himself in self-quarantine at home after he treated a Manatee County man with coronavirus last…

The plight of Chinese health care workers contracting the coronavirus has prompted front-line medical staff in the U.S. to wonder if they're protected. Hospitals say they're taking steps to prepare.

The Florida Department of Health has confirmed that a case of measles has been found in Hillsborough County.The agency was alerted on Saturday to a man…

A new study from the University of South Florida shows federal data on fatal overdose rates underestimates which drugs caused the deaths.The study looked…

The individual had returned to his home in Washington state after a visit to Wuhan, China, where the virus was discovered in December.

The federal government on Monday acknowledged that THC products are “playing an important role” in the multistate outbreak of vaping-related illnesses...

More than $490,000 is being doled out to seven Florida counties, including Hillsborough and Pinellas, as part of a national effort to try to eradicate HIV…

By Danielle Prieur / WMFE A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study shows that the number of cases of one pool-borne illnesses is growing.

With Florida being an international travel destination, there could be a risk for infectious diseases from foreign countries. And the risk of bioterrorism…

Madison Waldron has an app on her phone that, on the surface, looks and acts a lot like a fitness tracker. But then there are the survey questions it...

The U.S. has the highest rates of sexually transmitted disease cases in the industrialized world, say health trackers, with chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis reaching 2.3 million cases in 2017.

Health officials are urging parents to make sure their children are vaccinated against measles after three cases of the disease were reported in...