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Jim RosicaOctober 1, 2016

Yet another batch of mosquitoes in Miami Beach tested positive for the Zika virus. The results were in the same location “where five other samples had previously tested positive,” the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced Saturday. The latest positive sample of Aedes aeqypti mosquitoes was from a trap located on West 49th Street in Miami […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 21, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott has ordered the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to investigate sewage discharges in St. Petersburg. The Governor’s Office made the announcement Wednesday, just one day after Scott called on the state Department of Health to begin additional testing at the discharge site. While city is responsible for testing in the immediate area, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 19, 2016

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The Zika zone has been lifted. Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday that Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood was no longer considered a zone of active Zika transmission. In a statement, Scott said the state was able to lift the zone because it has been 45 days since there was evidence of active Zika transmission in the area. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 24, 2016

Marco Rubio said Congress should immediately pass a bill to help combat the spread of Zika when it returns to work next month. “Our job is to make sure the funding is available to not only fight Zika, but to get a vaccine,” said Rubio during a stop in Fort Myers Wednesday. Rubio said House and […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 23, 2016

Pinellas County has its first case of locally transmitted Zika. The Department of Health is investigating five new cases of locally acquired Zika, including one case in Pinellas County. The remaining four cases were found in Wynwood, the trendy Miami arts neighborhood where health officials first identified local cases of the mosquito-borne illness. According to […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 15, 2016

The Department of Health is stepping up its efforts to combat the spread of Zika in South Florida. Gov. Rick Scott said Monday the department is sending in “additional commercial pest control companies to assist with local mosquito control efforts in Miami-Dade County.” The news of additional assistance comes as two more cases of locally […]

Jim RosicaAugust 11, 2016

A former senior nurse with the Florida Department of Health is joining Florida TaxWatch as a health care policy analyst. The Tallahassee-based nonprofit watchdog organization announced the move Thursday. Her first day was Aug. 1. Allison Wiman “brings more than two decades of experience in nursing and research, from nutrition and school nursing to risk assessments and childhood development,” […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 10, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott said federal lawmakers have to work together to battle the spread of Zika. In an interview with Wolf Blitzer Wednesday, the Naples Republican called the Zika virus a “national and international issue” and said the federal government has failed to do its part in battling the spread of the disease. “The feds aren’t […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 8, 2016

The Florida Department of Health is investigating a case of non-travel related Zika in Palm Beach County. Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday the DOH was investigating the case. The person, according to Scott’s office, recently traveled to Miami-Dade County, where several cases of locally acquired Zika have been transmitted. Scott said the health department has begun […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 1, 2016

Ten more people are believed to have contracted the Zika virus through a mosquito bite, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a travel warning for the affected area. On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott announced the Department of Health identified 10 more people who contracted the virus locally. The governor said the […]

Tag: Department of Health

Still more Miami-Dade mosquitoes test positive for Zika

Rick Scott orders DEP investigation in St. Petersburg sewage discharges

Rick Scott says Wynwood no longer an active Zika zone

Marco Rubio calls for lawmakers to pass Zika funding bill

Florida DOH identifies cases of locally transmitted Zika in Pinellas

Two more cases of locally transmitted Zika reported in Florida

Personnel note: Allison Wiman joins Florida TaxWatch

Rick Scott on CNN: ‘The federal government needs to get to work’ to combat Zika

DOH investigating case of non-travel related Zika in Palm Beach County

Rick Scott: 10 more cases of locally transmitted Zika in Florida