Health officials issue warning after Florida resident is infected with a rare and usually deadly brain-eating amoebaAccording to the statement from the Department of Health in Florida, the patient contracted Naegleria fowleri in Hillsborough CountyThe amoeba can cause a rare infection of the brain called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) that destroys brain tissue and is…
A senior health official with the Orange County, Florida Department of Health says that asking about activism during the recent George Floyd protests, has not been a part of the coronavirus contract tracing questions in the Sunshine State.“The information that we collect is voluntarily offered to us,” Dr. Raul Pino told a local news outlet when…
The letter notes that more than 40,000 people are expected to attend the RNC from all over the country. JACKSONVILLE, Fla — About 200 Florida-based doctors, including many from the First Coast, signed an open letter to Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry on Saturday , calling for the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville to be postponed…
Amid rising numbers of coronavirus cases in Florida, all beaches in Miami-Dade County will be closed for the July 4 weekend, the county's top executive said Friday.Beaches and parks will also be off-limits for public viewing of fireworks, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez said in a statement. "Fireworks displays must be viewed from one’s…
RISING NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE >> THE GOVERNOR IS EMPHASIZING MOST OF THOSE ARE ASYMPTOMATIC AND DIDN'T HAVE TO B HOSPITALIZED. 25 TO 34-YEAR-OLDS MAKE UP THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF REPORTED POSITIVE CASES. THEY TEND TO HAVE A LOWER RISK OF SEVERE SYMPTOMS BUT ALSO IT BROUGHT THE FIRST DEATH OF A CHILD A 17-YEAR-OLD.…
Researchers in the Netherlands turned a major music festival into an unexpected laboratory to investigate a question that has long puzzled scientists and bug-bitten individuals alike: What makes some people more irresistible to mosquitoes than others? For three consecutive days at the Lowlands festival in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands, scientists set up a unique pop-up research site
THE NFL SEASON is in full swing, and Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff has helped turn one of football’s most overlooked teams into legitimate playoff material. The 29-year-old has rebuilt his career in Detroit with a strong work ethic and a steady leadership style. Now he’s bringing that same mindset off the field as the
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