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NEW HEALTH OFFICER SELECTED FOR ORANGE COUNTY
The Florida Department of Health (Department) is pleased to announce Dr. Raul Pino as the Health Officer for the Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange). He has been serving as interim Health Officer since May 2019.
Above, members of the Pinellas red wagon team from left to right:
Bridget Livingston, Kareem Altidor, Jalysa Erskine, Fannie Vaughn, RN and Vonet Lassister, RN.
Pinellas County Uses Every Tactic Available to Push Back Hepatitis A
Epidemiologists study disease trends so they are always the first to know when diseases spike. At the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County (DOH-Pinellas), the staff noticed a worrisome increase in hepatitis A cases in early 2018. Where there had been zero cases a year before, there were seven cases reported by the end of May. By September, the monthly count was up to 14.
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