Florida reports its first dengue fever death of 2026 during local outbreak

Florida reports its first dengue fever death of 2026 during local outbreak

Florida recently reported its first confirmed dengue fever death of 2026, according to the state’s Department of Health. Gay Small, an 80-year-old woman from Hillsborough County, passed away on her birthday, September 4, after suffering complications from a dengue infection. She contracted the illness after being bitten by a mosquito near her home on Bayshore […]