Department of Health

The Florida Department of Health in Broward County issued a mosquito-borne illness alert for Broward County Friday after two local cases of Dengue fever were confirmed. Dengue fever is a virus that spreads through mosquito bites by Aedes mosquitoes which also spread the chikungunya and Zika virus. Most people infected with dengue have mild or no symptoms, but anyone who…

NBC 6’s Ari Odzer has more on what medical experts are saying after the presumptive positive diagnosis was revealed.

NBC 6’s Cristian Benavides reports about the first Monkeypox case in Florida

NBC 6’s Cristian Benavides reports about the first Monkeypox case in Broward County.

The Florida Department of Health in Broward County announced one presumptive case of monkeypox in Broward County on Sunday.

Monkeypox is a rare virus first discovered in 1958.