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Florida malaria cases are a homegrown puzzle

Mon, 2023-08-21 19:07 — mike kraft
Florida malaria cases baffle experts “We regularly had this happen every couple of years before [2003]. So it's almost like, why hasn't this happened?" asked one expert. POLITICO

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Incidents of the non-contagious disease — passed on by parasitic mosquitoes — are regularly diagnosed in the U.S., but all are tied to people who are infected when they travel abroad to countries where malaria is present. What makes the Florida and Texas infections so puzzling is that the patients contracted malaria here.

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Florida reports new cases of dengue; information and preventive steps.

Thu, 2023-08-17 20:48 — mike kraft
Florida reports new cases of dengue. Here's what to know about the virus and preventing infection With the summer rain and the presence of mosquitoes in South Florida, the Florida Department of Health has reported more cases of dengue in the state. Monica Galarza NBC 6 South Florida

 

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U.S. COVID hospitalizations rise for fourth straight week

Tue, 2023-08-15 19:54 — mike kraft
COVID hospitalizations rise for fourth straight week ER visits are also climbing, with the steepest rise in kids. Yahoo Life

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Florida: COVID cases surging again in Florida; information about new Erid variant .

Thu, 2023-08-10 11:52 — mike kraft
COVID cases surging again in Florida. Here's what you need to know about new variant, Eris It's summer and that means a new surge of COVID cases. But after three years of vaccines and previous infections, experts say cases may not be as bad. Yahoo News

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NY Times analysis: The Steep Cost of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ Vaccine Turnabout

Mon, 2023-07-24 10:34 — mike kraft
The Steep Cost of Ron DeSantis’ Vaccine Turnabout On a Saturday in September 2020, with COVID-19 killing more than 600 Americans daily and hundreds of thousands of deaths still to come, Dr. Deborah Birx, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, heard her cellphone ring. It was Dr. Scott Rivkees, the Florida surgeon general. He was distraught. “‘You won’t believe what happened,’” she said he told her. Months before COVID vaccines would become available, Gov. Ron DeSantis had decided that the worst was over for Florida, he said. DeSant Yahoo News

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Florida's Sarasota County reports its 7th case of locally contracted malaria

Wed, 2023-07-19 10:11 — mike kraft
Florida county reports its 7th case of locally contracted malaria Officials say a seventh case of malaria has been documented in a southwest Florida county. The Florida Department of Health reported a new locally acquired case of malaria in Sarasota County during the week of July 9-15. AP News

 

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Florida family accused of selling fake COVID-19 cure through online church on trial in Miami

Tue, 2023-07-18 10:12 — mike kraft
Florida family accused of selling fake COVID-19 cure through online church goes on trial in Miami A Florida family accused of selling a toxic industrial bleach as a fake COVID-19 cure through their online church is on trial this week in Miami. AP News

 

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Monthly excess mortality in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic was higher in rural areas of the South

Mon, 2023-07-17 10:35 — mike kraft
Monthly excess mortality across counties in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, March 2020 to February 2022 Excess mortality estimates show increases in rural mortality during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Science Advances

... Despite the initial concentration of mortality in large metropolitan Northeastern counties, nonmetropolitan Southern counties had the highest cumulative relative excess mortality by July 2021. These results highlight the need for investments in rural health as the pandemic’s rural impact grows.

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Fraud: Florida couple bought boats, businesses with $3.4M in COVID relief scheme, DOJ officials say

Fri, 2023-07-14 17:34 — mike kraft
Florida couple bought boats, businesses with $3.4M in COVID relief scheme, officials say FORT MYERS, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida couple has been indicted in connection with a $3.4 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Timothy Craig Jolloff… Kevin Accettulla WFLA

 

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U.S. heat wave prompts weather service urgent warnings.

Thu, 2023-07-13 09:43 — mike kraft
Heat wave spanning from Florida to California prompts urgent warnings Extreme heat is the number one weather-related killer in an average year in the U.S. Andrew Freedman Axios
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