“Apparently they believe an earmark for Planned Parenthood in the future is more important that preventing the threat of Zika now”.
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Champaign County Health District officials said they have a reported case of a local person who was infected with the mosquito-borne illness during global travels, health Commissioner Jeff Webb said.
The four new cases are located in the same less-than one-square mile region in Miami-Dade County as the previously-reported cases.
“I will be visiting health professionals on the frontlines down in Miami, who are confronting the Zika challenge”, Clinton said.
At least 99 cases of Zika have been reported in Texas, including two infants with microcephaly in Harris County. Doctor’s conducted tests. On Friday, the test results returned positive for Zika. Couples who travel to high risk areas should avoid pregnancy for up to six months. The only other confirmed Zika-related death in the US was that of an elderly Utah man who died in June. “Harris County Public Health continues to actively work on protecting the community from mosquito-related diseases, but individuals must also protect themselves from getting bitten by mosquitoes locally and overseas”.
Meanwhile, the number of locally transmitted cases of Zika in the Miami area jumped to 21, prompting both Florida’s Republican governor and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to urge the nation’s lawmakers to re-convene from their summer break and agree on a funding bill for the outbreak.
Shah said there are 28 travel-associated cases of Zika in Harris County and 99 in the state. But her appearance on Tuesday in swing-state Florida may help Democrats frame Zika as a campaign issue, and presents Democrats as the party more willing to get funding passed. He added that the department’s top mission is to do everything it can to protect unborn babies from the devastating effects of the virus.
This was the second Zika-related death in the United States.
The death of an infant, born with the microcephaly birth defect near Houston, has been linked to the Zika virus.
According to KTRK, a baby girl born with microcephaly died shortly after birth. The department encourages people outdoors to use an EPA-registered insect repellent, which contains DEET, picaridin, IR3535 or oil of lemon eucalyptus.
The Zika virus disease is mainly spread by mosquitoes and it is usually not harmful to people.
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