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Florida dengue outbreak becomes largest in continental US in decades

Weekly report shows 524 locally acquired cases in 12 counties

Florida has reported 524 locally acquired dengue cases in 12 counties, state health data through Oct. 31 show. Hillsborough County, home to Tampa, accounts for 407 of them, and Pinellas has 80.

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Florida administrative judge lets doctors' groups join vaccine rule challenge

Rule Changes

Proposing to drop four vaccine requirements and defending the rule in court

Florida's Legislature requires seven childhood vaccines for school entry. Four more — chickenpox, hepatitis B, Hib and pneumococcal disease — rest on a Department of Health rule. The department wants to drop those four, and on Nov. 9 an administrative law judge let two medical societies join the fight against it.

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