in state and national media for reporting of a first case of H1N1 influenza in this jurisdiction because of its proximity to large theme parks. The World Health Organization's website listed suspect H1N1 Orlando Disney on its website within three days of WHO's announcing the global pandemic. This turned out to be a false report in that the index case did not involve the Disney World theme park, but occurred off-property. Xinhua news agency, Pravda, and major newspapers quoted stories from the Orange County Health Department involving the H1N1 pandemic. All Into Health, Board and Campaign On Friday, March 19, 2010, the Florida Department of Health in Orange County was visited by the Surgeon General of the United States, Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA, who presented an announcement to the local community of a $6.632 million award for tobacco prevention policy and systems changes to prevent tobacco use and to help current smokers to quit smoking. This announcement was part of a satellite announcement with three other locations for similar grants under the Communities Putting Prevention to Work funding from the CDC. The local grant was the largest single award ever received in Orange County, Florida, for public health. Tobacco is one of the top winnable battles. according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Orange County Health Department is engaged with other health challenges. The local project for tobacco is part of a national effort to help change policies and systems in favor of tobacco use prevention. The local project was known as "ALL INTO HEALTH", and its board was chaired by former US Surgeon General, Dr. Antonia Novello, MD, MBA, the medical director of the Disney Pavilion for Children of the Florida Hospital Orlando System. Recently, and as a result of this coalition's efforts, the cities of Orlando, Ocoee, Winter Park, Eatonville, Apopka, Belle Isle, Oakland, Maitland, Orange County itself, as well as the Orange County Florida School District, Valencia College, and the University of Central Florida, have all passed tobacco-free resolutions and smoking bans involving campuses. Second US case of MERS Co V On May 14 the FL Department of Health in Orange County and Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, a part of Orlando Health System, announced the second US case of MERS Co V, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Virus, in a traveler and resident from Saudi Arabia who was visiting family in the Orlando area. The