The study had such researchers among its repertoire who alerted everyone else about the effects of the Zika Virus on infant development. Because we can not continue to fund a robust response to this disease without adequate resources, particularly for our partners in state and local government who will bear much of this burden, we are re-programming almost $600 million of existing funds to address Ebola to help support our Zika response.
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Burwell added there are 672 confirmed cases of Zika in the USA, including 64 pregnant women.
“We looked for evidence of Zika in the mouse testes mostly as an afterthought, due to mounting evidence of sexual transmission and were surprised that viral levels were the highest we saw in any tissue”, said Diamond. “Similarly, starting mosquito surveillance and control activities now, prior to the summer months which are peak season for mosquitoes, and prior to the start of the rainy season in Central America and the Caribbean, is prudent”. It also wants to preserve money to keep fighting Ebola should it flare up again. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says the risk of infection to Canadians is low, as Aedes mosquitoes aren’t native to this country.
Mosquitoes and the viruses they carry are responsible each year for more than 700,000 virus-related deaths, said Gerloff.
“The sense is not that we can prevent it entirely, but we can begin to take steps right now, before the disease is widespread in the United States that can prevent it from having the worst possible impact on our public health”, said Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary.
“At some point, they’re going to have to choose whether or not their animosity toward President Obama trumps their desire to try to protect pregnant women in their states from this awful disease”, Earnest said.
Action on a stand-alone emergency spending bill seems improbable in the bitterly partisan atmosphere in Washington, though such funding could be attached to larger legislation later in the year.
It is urging Congress to approve an additional $1.8 billion in emergency funds to fight Zika.
They have been attempting to come up with a Zika vaccine; enhanced tests to diagnose Zika; trying to know the types of birth defects caused by Zika; researching on whether and how often Zika leads to a paralyzing condition known as called Guillain-Barré syndrome. The tests were negative on all the babies for several other pathogens linked to microcephaly.
Blood lasts on the shelf for 42 days and if SunCoast gets enough stocked before Zika hits, it could stem the need until a new screening test for potential donors is available, said Jayne Giroux, a SunCoast spokeswoman. The most common symptoms are fever, rash, joint pain and red, itchy eyes. Testing on spinal fluid from seven of the infants was positive for Zika antibodies. Babies under two months old should not use insect repellent. On the contrary, normal laboratory mice only developed symptoms if they were infected soon after birth, before their immune systems were fully developed.
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Researchers at the University of California in San Francisco showed that the AXL surface receptor, normally involved in cell division, is abundant on the surface of neural stem cells, but not on neurons in the developing brain.
