Dengue fever is still on the rise in Florida.

Another clash over vaccine mandates in Florida is coming Thursday, when state health officials will hear from the public about striking four school-age vaccine mandates, including the chickenpox vaccine.

On October 8, the Florida Department of Health will hold a meeting in Orlando to discuss whether to eliminate a mandate that children be vaccinated before attending school or daycare. A new study shows that eliminating the vaccine mandates could result in a massive, nationwide measles epidemic. WGCU’s Cary Barbor spoke to the study’s author.

The importer subsequently distributed the product to retail locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, and Texas.

For breast cancer survivors, a Fort Myers tattoo artist is offering a finishing touch.

Despite the frozen blueberry recall of this past summer being declared over on September 21 and although no new illnesses have been reported since then, additional products that may be contaminated have been identified and recalled.

Green sprouting Calabrese broccoli seeds sold through Amazon are being recalled due to the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

More than 122,000 cases of Gatorade are under a voluntary recall by PepsiCo due to undeclare dyes used in the sports drink.

Medicare Annual Enrollment begins October 15. If you have questions, you may want to attend this event.

The company is recalling a specific product and lot of their inventory.