dengue fever

Public health officials confirmed the 18 th case of dengue fever in Hillsborough County this year. But this case is different- while the first 17 were...

A protester was removed from a talk in Orlando on Friday about genetically modified mosquitoes. Oxitec, the company that wants to release genetically…

South Florida has one more reason to hate mosquitoes: Miami-Dade County Health officials announced a case of locally-acquired Dengue fever Tuesday night...

The British firm that developed the strain of mosquito says it has already tested the insect in tropical countries and found it can reduce populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes by 90 percent.

Health officials say a 50-year-old Miami-Dade County woman is the state's first case of locally acquired dengue fever so far this year.The Florida…

JENSEN BEACH, FLA. — State health officials have lifted a dengue fever advisory in Martin County. No new cases of the mosquito-borne illness have been…

Public health workers will be asking about 300 people for blood samples amid a dengue fever outbreak that has sickened 18, the Palm Beach Post reports.…

After decades without any reported cases, dengue fever seems to be getting a foothold in the U.S. In 2009, it surfaced in Key West. This year, 18 cases have been reported this summer in Martin County, Fla.

The state’s largest blood collection agency has stopped collecting blood in Martin and St. Lucie counties amid several reports of dengue fever, the Palm…

Ten related cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, have been reported in Okaloosa County, the Northwest Florida Daily News reports. Three isolated cases…