Florida Governor Rick Scott announced on Wednesday that free tests for pregnant women- the most impacted by the virus, which causes birth defects-would be made available at county health departments across the state.
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“Unfortunately, some companies are taking advantage of public concern about Zika to peddle products that simply don’t work”, Schneiderman said in a statement.
If pregnant women have any questions, Young says don’t be shy in asking your OB-GYN for more information.
The impact immediately appeared to be more successful than earlier mosquito control techniques, said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has launched a clinical trial of a vaccine candidate meant to prevent Zika virus infection.
While China claims that it has been able to achieve 90% reduction in mosquito populations in the past and World Health Organization this year announced more research to be done on topic of GM mosquitoes, countries like U.S. and Brazil are considering to adopt the technique in order to tackle the Zika problem.
Zika exposure in pregnancy has been linked to microcephaly and other abnormalities, but it’s still unknown how often those problems develop in the babies of women who are exposed to Zika while pregnant. Second, he says take precautions here at home.
The only products proven to repel mosquitoes contain one of the following four ingredients: DEET, picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus, and an insect repellent called IR3535.
Nineteen other pregnant women in California infected with Zika are being monitored.
There are no confirmed cases of the Zika virus in Mohave County. The virus is usually spread by mosquitoes, but it can also be passed through sex.
A mosquito can become infected if it bites a human already infected with Zika.
It meant the mosquitoes infected with the virus had arrived in the United States, and mosquitoes being far harder to corral and track than humans, concerns about Zika’s spread shot to the forefront of many local health departments’ agendas. Florida authorities last week reported the first signs of local transmission of the virus in the continental United States in a Miami neighborhood.
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Concerned about a nationwide outbreak and a potential epidemic, the CDC funding is meant to ensure that the system infrastructure is in place to provide public health surveillance capabilities in those states and territories that are most susceptible to Zika infection. Through a variety of programs, community partnerships and services, Public Health oversees environmental health, disease control, and community and family health.
