The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County issued a rabies alert on Friday after an infected bat was discovered in the area.

The Florida Department of Health is issuing a statewide mosquito-borne illness advisory after four confirmed cases of malaria in Sarasota County.

With the cutting of a ribbon, Walmart located off of Princeton Street becomes one of several to now offer specialty pharmacies in the Central Florida area.

The first case of rabies in 2023 has been confirmed in Polk County, according to the sheriff’s office.

The family of John Veira, 67, said it’s been a five-week battle with the West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne disease that can result in severe symptoms in rare cases.

A human case of West Nile virus was identified in Daytona Beach amid an increase in mosquito-borne diseases across Volusia County, according to the Florida Department of Health.

Starting Thursday, the Florida Department of Health in Orange County will open its Monkeypox Vaccination Appointment system at 8:30 a.m.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its COVID-19 quarantine and social distancing recommendations Thursday as the majority of Americans have developed some sort of immunity to the virus.

In 2014, Steve Smelski and his wife experienced what no parent ever wants to experience — the loss of their young son to what’s commonly known as a brain-eating amoeba.

The Florida Department of Health is asking for more vaccines from the federal government to combat a monkeypox outbreak.

Rep. Carlos Smith, D-Orlando, is set to host an online “community health update” on meningococcal disease and monkeypox outbreaks in Florida.

The Center for Disease Control announced Friday it is investigating an outbreak for a new strain of Listeria — an infectious bacteria typically passed through food.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday that it is working with the Florida Department of Health to investigate “one of the worst” outbreaks of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men in Florida.

Does anyone else feel like we’re in the midst of some pretty unsettling times? Even if you’re trying to keep a level head about where things stand with the coronavirus pandemic, it’s easy to turn on the TV or open social media and start to feel pretty overwhelmed, pretty quickly. For some, you can’t go out to eat, you’re now working from home and your kids aren’t even going to school. And with that, we thought we’d provide the following playbook. Yes, there is some science jargon involved here, but we tried to break it down for you in a way that’s easy to read and digestible.