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Pinellas and Pasco counties are starting to see significant declines in the number of hepatitis A cases that are being diagnosed each month, the state’s…
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With the largest numbers of cases concentrated in Pasco, Pinellas and Volusia counties, Florida has had about 1,900 reported cases of hepatitis A this…
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Florida Expands Vaccination Programs In Response To The Worst Hepatitis A Outbreak In Recent HistoryFlorida is experiencing one of the worst Hepatitis A outbreaks in recent history. The State Department of Health puts the number of cases for this year...
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A new online measles simulator shows how quickly the disease could spread in Florida.It models the state's actual population, taken from census data, and…
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A measure moving through Florida’s House and Senate looks to add student immunization records to the Department of Health’s existing database....
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Demand for measles vaccine has surged in the Washington county where the highly contagious virus is linked to more than 50 confirmed illnesses this year...
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Earlier this week, a food service worker in Ybor City tested positive for Hepatitis A.The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County is now…
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The Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County is providing free vaccinations to combat a rise in hepatitis A infections locally. About 58 cases of…
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College students are among the least likely to get vaccinated against the flu, which killed more than 80,000 people last winter. Experts say the reasons are a combination of fear and misperception.
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An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter — the disease's highest death toll in at least four decades.
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The U.S. Senate has passed a bill encouraging companies to develop a Zika vaccine. Companies that develop a Zika vaccine would get fast-track FDA...
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Four cases of measles have been identified in Florida in the past two weeks, all of which involve travelers. Two of the cases diagnosed involved...