“Zika’s impact on unborn babies can be tragic, and our hearts are with this family”, said Dr. John Hellerstedt, the state’s health commissioner, in an online statement. But that hasn’t prevented a “good-sized uptick in calls about Zika” to A-1 Able Pest Doctors in Dayton, according to Robert McGee, the company’s entomologist.
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When teachers report back to school, they’re going to be hearing a lot about Zika and how to prevent it.
One square mile of a Miami neighborhood has become the ground zero of “locally transmitted” Zika virus cases in the continental United States.
Burwell said in a letter to Congress earlier this month that she is “evaluating all options in order to avoid delaying the development of a Zika vaccine”. This must happen this week and this must happen NOW!
Clinton took the chance to explain the significance of health clinics and appropriate public health measures.
The Zika virus was confirmed in Stanislaus County in June when a 19-year-old man came down with the virus after traveling to the Caribbean. “People panic and there’s potential for irrational thinking in either direction, not doing enough and doing too much”.
US officials said they don’t expect to see a Zika epidemic in the United States similar to those in Latin America.
According to DHS officials, the individuals with Zika in Wisconsin contracted the virus during recent travel to areas that have mosquitoes that transmit Zika.
Again – there are now no cases, or suspected cases, of Zika virus contracted in Wisconsin.
The state’s response to the Zika virus has dominated Scott’s office since he announced the first non-travel related cases on July 29. A total of 21 infections have been confirmed in pregnant women. The former are mainly concentrated in the southern USA, including Florida, Texas and Southern California. Zika responders in the continental USA and hard-hit areas like Puerto Rico have told TIME that it’s challenging to get people to really care about Zika, change their behavior, practice mosquito control and wear repellant, even if they are in an area with an active outbreak. Altogether, 14 new travel cases were documented statewide, including four more in Miami-Dade, three in Orange County, one in Broward County and one in Lee County.
That’s the first area in the 50 states where a local mosquito has infected a person with the virus, which can cause catastrophic brain damage in fetuses.
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The congressional Democrats say that the ideal solution would be for Republicans to agree to pass the White House’s request for new Zika funding.
