Health

A case related to Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as a “brain-eating amoeba,” has been reported in Florida. The Florida Department of Health Department confirmed a case in Hillsborough County on Friday. Hillsborough County and the Tampa County Seat are in Southwest Florida. No other information about the case was released. …

US stock index futures rose sharply early Monday to begin the first full week of trading in July, with investors linking at least part of the uptrend emanating from Wall Street to a powerful rebound in China. However, Monday’s optimism in the market contrasts with a continued rise in coronavirus …

A pastor in China contracted bubonic plague. Health officials in a Chinese region of Inner Mongolia have banned the hunting or consumption of wild animals believed to transmit the highly infectious disease. The disease is now easily treatable with antibiotics, but there are still occasional outbreaks, such as one in …

Four hospitals in the Tampa area were at full capacity in the Intensive Care Unit over the weekend, as the number of coronavirus cases in Florida continued to rise. Palms of Pasadena Hospital, St. Petersburg General Hospital, Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater and AdventHealth North Pinellas in Tarpon Springs had …

“We couldn’t act,” he said. The socialization that followed Florida’s rapid economic reopening has left the state reeling from the virus. The Health Department reported more than 11,400 infections on Saturday, a record. Florida cases accounted for 20 percent of all United States cases on Thursday. Covid-19 patients have begun …