This week on The Florida Roundup...
As Miami-Dade County continues to combat the Zika virus, Florida health officials confirmed this week the first case of locally acquired Dengue fever in the county. We take a look at how these infections, both caused by the Aedes egypti mosquito, have impacted the community.
WLRN's Sammy Mack, Miami Herald reporter Joey Flechas and the chief of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the University of Miami Health System join the conversation.
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Also, we look back on the brief and triumphant life of Miami Marlins pitcher José Fernández. It has been a difficult reality for so many people in South Florida to accept his death because Fernández was more than a celebrity athlete. Nora Gámez Torres with el Nuevo Herald and Associated Press Havana Bureau Chief Michael Weissenstein share their thoughts.
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Plus, earlier this week the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would again begin to deport non-criminal Haitians citing improved conditions to the nation. But are there? Haiti still faces an unchecked cholera epidemic and political unrest. Is this a good time to shift policy? The Miami Herald's Jacqueline Charles weighs in.
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