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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 public schools are continuing to struggle to fill open teaching positions. More than 2,000 classrooms remain without a certified teacher five months into the school year.
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• Orlando Health is considering building a new hospital and six free-standing emergency rooms throughout Central Florida.
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• It’s official. Jerry L. Demings was sworn in Tuesday as Orange County mayor. The former sheriff quoted Walt Disney in saying he plans to make Orange County the experimental prototype community of tomorrow.
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• Observers gathered at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office as the machine recount got underway Monday morning.
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• This is not your parents’ lunch program.
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• Narcan kits will help firefighters respond to suspected overdoses and equip their families and friends to respond to future overdoses.
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• Early voting gets underway in Florida this week. Primary races on the August 28th ballot include the governor, agriculture commissioner, attorney general and circuit judges.
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• More than 400 fire departments throughout Florida have received decontamination kits that can be used to decrease a firefighter’s exposure to cancer-causing substances.
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• A controversial plan to use bats for mosquito control is causing a flap in Orange County.
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