{"id":38755,"date":"2013-08-27T08:58:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T12:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=38755"},"modified":"2013-08-27T08:58:50","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T12:58:50","slug":"dengue-fever-alert-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/08\/dengue-fever-alert-in-florida","title":{"rendered":"Dengue Fever Alert in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/08\/dengue-fever-alert-in-florida-38755.html\/fever\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38756\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-38756\" title=\"fever\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fever.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fever.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fever-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fever-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Uh-oh.<\/p>\n<p>Health officials have issued an alert for dengue fever in a Central Florida community.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Palm Beach Post, seven cases of dengue fever have been confirmed in martin and St. Lucie counties.<\/p>\n<p>The illness is carried by household mosquitoes and can cause fevers, headaches and muscle and joint soreness. Some cases result in a heavy, red skin rash that can closely resemble measles.<\/p>\n<p>Despite it&#8217;s notoriety, dengue fever is uncommon in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Department of Health has expanded its health alert to the entire Jensen Beach area in Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Mosquito control crews are working in the affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>Officials advise residents to drain any standing water, cover their skin with clothing or repellent and protect windows and doors with screens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health officials have issued an alert for dengue fever in a Central Florida community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}