Florida Keys

In the Keys, a medical airlift can cost more than $50,000. Or, if you live or own property in the Keys, it only costs what your insurance company pays. It all depends on which helicopter provides the ride.

In The Keys, Medical Airlift Can Be Cost-Free — Or Not

Nancy Klingener

In July 2014, Ellen Engelson's leg broke spontaneously, weakened from radiation treatments years before. She lives in Key West, so she went to the...

Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

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'Trauma Copters' Free For Florida Keys Residents

Nancy Klingener

Getting to a trauma center quickly can be critical, and in the Florida Keys, there are no trauma centers.That leaves you the option of being airlifted…

If you catch dengue fever in the Western Hemisphere, it most likely came from the <em>Aedes aegypti</em> mosquito.

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Dengue Fever No Longer Just A Visitor To Florida Keys

Michaeleen Doucleff

Decades after its eradication, the "breakbone fever" has become endemic again in the Florida Keys. Scientists say that Floridians infected during a recent outbreak didn't catch the virus abroad but rather got a dengue strain that's unique to Key West.