Orange County

In 2021, the Florida Department of Health saw a slight slowdown in transmission rate around the county, reporting a 5% decrease in the relative change of diagnoses made.

The person, whose last day on campus was Sept. 7, will remain home until cleared to return by a medical provider, according to Orange County Public Schools.

Wastewater testing has proved a reliable early alarm bell for COVID-19 outbreaks. U.S. researchers in Orange County and some other U.S. cities are adapting the approach to track the explosive spread of monkeypox, and maybe other viruses.

In 2017, the American Muslim Community Center opened a mobile clinic to provide free health care to people in need in the greater Orlando region. These days, demand for services is up about 450 percent.

The state health department on Friday reported 10 cases in Florida, including one each in Orange and Collier counties. Nationally, the CDC listed 113 cases across 20 states and Washington, D.C.

Epidemiologist Elena Cyrus echoes other experts in saying recent COVID numbers are no where near previous surges and the dominant variant is less severe than previous ones.

Pino was the state’s chief health officer for Orange County for three years. In his new job, will oversee Corrections Health Services, the drug-free office, the medical clinic, Animal Services and mosquito control.

Dr. Raul Pino, who led the county through the COVID pandemic but was put on leave in January during a state investigation in an email he sent, has accepted a position as director of the county's Health Services.

Six men in the county have been diagnosed with meningitis this year, and three men in their 30s have died from the illness. It's the most cases the area has seen in five years.

A panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal upheld an Orange County circuit judge’s dismissal of a lawsuit in which bars sought damages for what is known as “inverse condemnation.”