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Kendall Center Confirms 6 Patients Injected With Steroid Linked To Meningitis Outbreak

A South Florida medical office confirmed to CBS4 News that six of their patients were injected with the steroid that has been liked to the nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that has killed 14 people and sickened 170 in eleven states.

CBS4–2012/10/11

(Source: AP)

Miami-Dade Health Dept. Confirms 1st Dengue Fever Case

Miami-Dade County Health Department officials confirmed Thursday that a Miami-Dade resident has contracted Dengue Fever.

CBS4–2012/09/27

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Most Area Restaurant Closures This Summer Due To Roaches

Most of the South Florida restaurants that were closed temporarily by state inspectors since July had problems with roaches, according to the Florida Division of Hotels and Restaurants.

CBS Miami–2012/09/16

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Health Dept Tours Recycling Plant As Cancer Cluster Concern Grows

Is the King Metal Recycling Plant exposing nearby residents to cancer? That’s what county inspectors and County Commissioners Jean Monestime and Barbara Jordan are trying to determine.

CBS Miami–2012/09/14

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Broward Health Dept. Offers Free Immunizations

Just in time for the start of school Monday, the Broward County Health Department is offering another chance for you to meet the state’s school immunization requirements.

CBS Miami–2012/08/17

(Source: US Air Force) This is the type of plane that will be used in the Miami-Dade Mosquito spraying.,

Low Flying Plane Is On A Mosquito Mission

Skeeters a problem? Lots of people think so, so Miami-Dade officials are calling in the cavalry;well, actually, the Air Force to kill the biting pests and their breeding grounds. However, the attack may come as a surprise because of how low the spraying planes fly.

CBS4–2012/07/10

The body of a female mosquito fills up and balloons as she sucks blood from a photographer's hand at Everglades National Park August 12, 2002 in Flamingo, Florida. The female bugs use the blood protein to feed their eggs then lays the eggs in water. The itch from the bite is caused by the human body's immune system responding to the mosquito's saliva.  (Photo by Tom Ervin/Getty Images)

Low Flying Plane? It’s Killing Mosquitos!

That buzzing you hear tonight as you try to doze of may not be the hum of a pesky mosquito flitting around your face; it could be the hum of an airplane doing battle with millions of the pesky critters, as Miami-Dade breaks with practice and holds an unusual night-time mosquito spraying.

2012/07/02

(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Bill Could Turn Fla. Health Department Tasks Over To Counties

A Florida house sub-commitee approved sweeping changes in Florida’s department of health that could put local health matters, and how to pay for them, in the hands of local county lawmakers,if the proposal can win an uphill battle.

2012/02/06

(Source: AP)

M-D Health Dept. Confirms Dengue Fever Case

Miami-Dade County Health Department officials confirmed Wednesday that a Miami-Dade resident has contracted Dengue Fever.

CBS4–2011/09/28

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Swimming Off Limits At Causeway’s Hobie Beach

If you plan to hit Hobie Beach on Rickenbacker Causeway before the afternoon rain hits, stay out of the water.

2011/03/30

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