HEALTH ALERT ⚠ Officials are warning Hillsborough County residents to take precautions after a locally-acquired case of ...

The Florida Department of Health issued a mosquito-borne illness advisory after a locally acquired case of dengue fever was ...

Dengue fever cases are surfacing in Brevard County, and one Melbourne woman says her recent bout with the mosquito-borne ...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. ( WWSB) – A Mosquito-Borne Illness Advisory has been issued in Hillsborough County after a ...

Health officials have confirmed the first locally acquired case of dengue fever this year in Hillsborough County.

Dengue is one of several mosquito-borne illnesses found in Florida. The Florida Department of Health also conducts "statewide surveillance" for West Nile virus infections, Eastern equine encephalitis, ...

Four cases of locally acquired dengue fever have been reported in Brevard County, Florida. Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne illness, presents flu-like symptoms and can be life-threatening in severe ...

While travel-related cases have been reported in the past, the mosquito-borne dengue virus had never been acquired locally until this summer.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dengue fever can cause flu-like symptoms ―including severe ...

A public health emergency was announced in Puerto Rico last March and remains in effect. In the continental U.S., Florida reported most of the locally acquired cases in 2024.

Opinion: Protect yourself and your family from mosquitoes. Drain any standing water that may produce mosquitoes.

The CDC has marked dengue fever as a level 1 health alert, urging the public to “practice usual precautions.” This includes avoiding mosquito bites by using an EPA-registered insect repellent ...