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Ryan to Congressional Democrats: Stop Politicizing Zika

What exactly is the Zika virus and how does it spread?

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At least 1,400 Zika cases have been confirmed in the continental US, including more than 400 in New York City.

“Rio is one of the most visited cities on the planet and the estimated 500,000 visitors that are there specifically because of the Olympics is not a significant increase in the number of travelers that have visited the city during the duration of the Zika epidemic”, said Aliota, an expert in mosquito-transmitted diseases. However, symptoms may include: fever, itching, joint pain, muscle pain, rash, headache, conjunctivitis.

You will have to get a written prescription from a doctor.

Pregnant women are most at-risk for contracting the virus, as Zika is known to cause microcephaly, a condition that causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads. It is also associated with impaired fetal growth and hearing loss in infants. But the root cause of Washington’s Zika pathology is Democrats who are exploiting the virus to score political points.

More than 50 people across the United Kingdom have been treated for the infection, which is associated with a birth defect called microcephaly.

Nationwide, the CDC reports as of July 28, there are 479 pregnant women infected with the Zika virus. People infected while traveling can also transmit the virus to their sex partners back home.

If you have questions about these precautions or access to contraception options, Planned Parenthood of South, East and North Florida can help.

What really can be prevented from bringing about the spread of diseases is unhealthy environment, which serves as a breeding ground for parasites like mosquitoes and other pathogens, as well as lifestyle relating to substance abuse and promiscuity.

There is no vaccine against Zika yet, but that’s what the lab in Hamilton is working toward. The Washington Department of Health has already paid to ship almost 600 samples to a lab in Minnesota, 20 of which tested positive.

The Zika virus is only beginning to hit the USA mainland, but its political exploitation is already an epidemic.

But we do know that family planning is the primary strategy recommended by the CDC to reduce Zika-related pregnancy complications.

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Malteser International Americas has been on the front lines of the Zika outbreak in northern Colombia since it first became a threat to pregnant women and children, providing Zika Prevention Kits and educating those in the poorest, most forgotten regions where new cases are diagnosed on a daily basis.

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