Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

     The Pompano Beach CRA will host a virtual Community Stakeholder Meeting led by the architects of the McNab House & Botanical Gardens on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 at 6 p.m. The event is open to all Pompano Beach residents and business owners who would like to learn about the potential concepts being considered for the site. To participate, RSVPs must be received by November 30 at 11:59 pm via pompanobeachfl.gov/mcnab or by calling (954) 786-5535.

“Getting the flu vaccine is especially important this year. If you get the flu, you may need to be hospitalized, in this time of COVID-19, in an already overwhelmed healthcare system. Get your flu shot. Avoid getting the flu. Stay out of the hospital due to the flu,” said Eduardo Sanchez, M.D., M.P.H., FAAFP, American Heart Association chief medical officer for prevention and former commissioner of health for the state of Texas.

Seven human case(s) of West Nile virus illness have been reported to the Florida Department of Health in Broward County since January 1, 2020 and there is a heightened concern that additional residents will become ill. Broward County continues to be under a mosquito-borne illnesses alert. DOH-Broward and Broward County Mosquito Control Division continue surveillance and prevention efforts.