A bipartisan compromise bill was eventually floated, but failed. Doctors say she didn’t know she had contracted Zika. “My opponent in this race his campaign officials have said that and I think that does a great disservice”.
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Attending the event was Carlos Giménez, Republican mayor of Miami-Dade County, who said he is still undecided on whether to support Clinton or Trump. He said he is not surprised to see some Republicans refusing to back their party’s nominee.
Clinton said she first learned of the threat posed by the Zika virus in December from her daughter, Chelsea Clinton. There are no locally-spread cases in Texas, however, officials are reminding people to get rid of standing water where mosquitoes breed and use insect repellent with DEET.
Those traveling to areas where the Zika virus is found should take precautions to avoid mosquito bites, and pregnant women should avoid travel to Zika-affected areas, CDC officials said.
Here in the Texas panhandle, Zika cases have been reported – but health officials believe you don’t have much to worry about. On Monday, it was announced that a patient infected in the Wynwood neighborhood was there for a visit, and returned home to Palm Beach County with the virus, according to The New York Times.
“Every day that passes that Congress and the president fail to come to an agreement hinders our national response to Zika”, he said in a statement. “Kaine and others to end that filibuster and pass the bill, but it doesn’t sound like they’re prepared to do that”, he said in an email. Writing in the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader last week, he criticized Democrats for balking at passing the bill.
The CDC is sending $3.6 million Indiana’s way so the state’s health department can better monitor Zika and aid in prevention efforts. “Florida needs action from the federal government now”. Her baby acquired the virus while in the womb and was born with microcephaly, a rare congenital condition that can cause an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain.
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A municipal health worker draws blood from 3-month-old Shayde Henrique, who was born with microcephaly, in Joao Pessoa, Brazil, on February 23, 2016, after his mother was infected by the mosquito-borne Zika virus. Another attempt was made before the summer recess, but that, too, failed due to disputes about provisions that would have restricted funding for birth control in the United States and Puerto Rico, NBC reported. “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”, Harris County Public Health director Umair A. Shah said in a statement.
