mosquito-borne virus

The Department of Health issued an advisory to Orange County residents urging caution as area mosquitoes are testing positive for the rare but deadly disease. Here's what you should know.

A mosquito-borne illness originally found in the Tampa Bay area has been confirmed in a human for the first time, according to University of Florida...

Zika infections have been confirmed in nine pregnant women in the United States, including one who gave birth to a baby with a rare birth defect, health…

President Barack Obama Monday sent lawmakers an official $1.9 billion request to combat the spread of the Zika virus in Latin America and the U.S.He is…

Gov. Rick Scott has declared a health emergency in five Florida counties with a dozen confirmed cases of the travel-acquired Zika virus: Hillsborough,…

Mario Stevenson is a respected virus expert. He heads the infectious diseases division at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. He’s done...

Hillsborough County has confirmed its first case of West Nile Virus in a human this year.Steve Huard, spokesman for Florida Department of Health in…

Florida's fourth case of the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya fever has been recorded in Palm Beach County.The Palm Beach Post reports the Palm Beach…

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.…