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Despite the attention given to the recent measles outbreak in California, the disease remains uncommon through the rest of the nation – including…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports influenza is now an epidemic, with varying amounts of activity in 36 states. Flu season normally…
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The Florida Department of Health has established that flu season has a head start this year. As a result, school districts are reminding parents to keep…
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AIM - "Attack Infant Mortality", is a collaboration between the Florida Department of Health in Escambia County, the University of West Florida and other…
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Health officials in Santa Rosa County have announced a plan to improve the overall health of county residents. The plan was first announced last year and…
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In light of reports of the handful of Ebola cases elsewhere in the US, healthcare workers in Florida and Pensacola are making their own preparations just…
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The rabies alert, first issued last week, lasts for 60 days and is designed to notify the public of a concentration of animals testing positive for rabies…
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Syphilis is nothing new. "Syphilis has been a problem in Escambia County for as long as the Escambia County Department of Health has been around which is…
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The number of reported cases of flu in the area have been increasing in recent weeks, but this is by no means a banner year for the flu. There have been…
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World AIDS Day is commemorated each year on December 1st. Pensacola and surrounding communities held an observance at the Hancock Pavilion at Community…