The 8 Florida Counties With The Most New Hepatitis A Infections
• Central Florida continues to see record numbers of hepatitis A cases.
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• Central Florida continues to see record numbers of hepatitis A cases.
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• Florida travelers are catching serious mosquito-born diseases abroad, including dengue fever, chikungunya, malaria and Zika virus. Still, officials say the numbers are low and there’s no reason to panic.
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• Edible medical marijuana is coming to Florida.
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• April is STD awareness month, and the Florida Department of Health is offering free STD testing at locations across the state. Chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV cases are all on the rise in Florida.
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• A bill to give better benefits to firefighters with cancer passed a threshold this week: A majority of member of the Florida House of Representatives have cosponsored the bill.
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• Curaleaf sold smokeable medical marijuana to Orlando patients for the first time Wednesday.
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• Statewide, Hepatitis A cases were three times higher than in 2018 than the five-year average. But in Orange County, there were 123 cases in 2018 — more than 55 times the normal amount of cases. And in 2019 so far, we’re already at 15 times the five-year average of cases.
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• Florida’s chief financial officer is asking incoming Attorney General William Barr to provide guidance on medical marijuana banking.
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• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing sweeping changes to the state’s medical marijuana system – including an end to the ban on smoking medical marijuana.
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• After 12 nursing home residents died from heat exposure during power outages from Hurricane Irma, Florida lawmakers required nursing homes and assisted living facilities have generators that can run the air condititioner for four days.
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