Florida's dengue fever outbreak has reached 485 locally acquired cases, with Tampa Bay accounting for 95% of infections and emergency declarations issued.
Florida’s 2026 dengue surge is not a blip of imported illness; it is a sustained, locally driven outbreak centered in Tampa Bay, defined by one serotype, multiple county emergencies, and an all-hands vector-control campaign that moved rapidly from press releases to helicopters, ground crews, and nig…
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