As for the recently discovered Zika-related disorder in a baby, the World Health Organization said, “Canada is the latest country to report a case of congenital malformation associated with a travel-related case of Zika virus infection”.
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“The concern and fear gripping American families is real and, as a father and soon-to-be-grandfather, I get it”, Menendez said in the statement. (D-N.J., 6th District), also called on Congress to meet and approve Zika funding during a visit to the township on Tuesday. “I am deeply concerned for my daughter’s health, her well-being, and the well-being of my first grandchild”.
On Wednesday, Menendez stood at the banks of a retention pond near Dismal Swamp that was stocked with larvae-eating fish to keep mosquitoes at bay.
Democrats blamed their GOP colleagues for the current state of affairs, and said Congress should come back to work before its scheduled September 6 return to pass the bipartisan Zika bill.
Zika virus is spread primarily through bites from Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. “The Commission and residents are dealing with a mosquito vector species (Asian tiger mosquito) that is hard to control and manage as it breeds in a wide range of man-made containers that hold water for more than seven days”.
“Our experts at the CDC, the folks on the front lines have been doing their best in making due by moving funds from other areas, but now the money we need to fight Zika is rapidly running out”, he said, according to Fox News.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently awarded the state $143,000 to fight Zika.
The World Health Organization declared earlier this year that the mosquito-borne virus is a public health emergency of worldwide concern.
Zika virus infection during pregnancy can cause fetal demise or detriment, including microcephaly, convulsions, and developmental defects. What Speaker Paul Ryan put in the House version of the bill – cuts to Obamacare, limits on how federal grants could be used to offer services like birth control Puerto Rico – did not fly with Senate Democrats, who blocked the bill in dramatic fashion in late June. “This event is a serious reminder that we all need to take steps to prevent mosquito bites especially when traveling to affected areas worldwide, and eliminate mosquitoes by emptying standing water where they can breed”. The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting for several days to a week. Republican leaders adjourned Congress for its summer recess without passing Zika legislation, the statement said.
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The Florida Health Department is reporting it has confirmed 22 non-travel associated cases. During a recent press conference, President Obama called on Congress to do its job, stop the division, and get a Zika funding bill passed.
