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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.…