Officials enacted the ban on Tuesday (April 15) after the county's drought scale, the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI), ...

Unincorporated areas of Polk County, along with other cities within the county, are now under a burn ban as dry conditions create an increased risk of brush fires.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming ...

Ocean vacations remain the safest and most fun family adventures, says a hospitality expert. But with outbreaks of the ...

From this vantage point, Bill Wilson watches as Chinook helicopters, spotter planes and air tankers launch an aerial fight against the Black Cove and Deep Woods fires in Polk County. Looking out ...

The CDC cut employees from its Vessel Sanitation Program this week, even as a cruise ship arrived days ago with another ...

Verily’s wastewater program provides surveillance of norovirus and other pathogens at 11 sites in Florida, including two in Miami-Dade County and one in Jupiter. Wastewater testing at all three ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - The Florida Department of Health in Polk County (DOH-Polk) has issued public health advisories following ...

This review summarizes recent developments in norovirus research that are relevant to the prevention and management of norovirus gastroenteritis in immunocompromised patients. Noroviruses are ...

It's a bad year to be brought low on the high seas, with a new Norovirus strain colliding with significant cuts among the ...

Mandatory evacuation orders remain in place as crews continue working to contain three wildfires in Polk County. Three fires in the western North Carolina county south of Asheville have burned more ...