Pensacola's Hidden Epidemic: A Closer Look at Sudden and Unexpected Deaths - TRENDS
Oct 6, 2025 · In Florida, the bacterium thrives in warm, brackish coastal waters and has been linked to several serious infections and deaths in recent years. The risk is small but real, especially for people with open wounds or weakened immune systems. Feb 19, 2024 · Although the number of drug overdose deaths in Florida has dropped, the Pensacola area continues to lead the state in drug overdose deaths -- and by a wide margin.
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Mar 22, 2020 · Pensacola, with its unique climate status, has from its early history seen the onset of diseases which might be readily passed from person to person. Dec 6, 2021 · It was not until 1900 that medical science identified the mosquito Aedes aegypti as the sole carrier of yellow fever and therewith unraveled the secrets of this enigmatic disease. This medical discovery brought peace of mind to Pensacolians and to countless numbers elsewhere who had lived in terror of this fatal scourge. Aug 2, 2023 · As deadly fentanyl from Mexico continues to exacerbate the national opioid crisis claiming thousands of lives across the country, Florida is also suffering the effects.
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A recent report shows that the Pensacola Medical Examiner District now has the state’s highest per capita opioid death rate. The Pensacola Gazette remained quiet about yellow fever for the remainder of the 1820s, but ignoring it did not make it dis- appear. Aug 2, 2023 · As deadly fentanyl from Mexico continues to exacerbate the national opioid crisis claiming thousands of lives across the country, Florida is also suffering the effects. A recent report shows that the Pensacola Medical Examiner District now has the state’s highest per capita opioid death rate. The Pensacola Gazette remained quiet about yellow fever for the remainder of the 1820s, but ignoring it did not make it dis- appear.