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Florida officials have enlisted commercial pest control companies in their fight to stop Miami-area mosquitoes from spreading Zika.
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Scott, CDC Chief Detail ‘Agressive’ Efforts To Curb Zika
Gov. Rick Scott joined the director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday in Miami to talk about state and federal efforts to stop the spread of the Zika virus in Florida. After touring the Wynwood area, an artsy community just north of downtown Miami that …
Read More »Pregnant Women Are Fearful Living In Miami’s Zika Hot Zone
Pregnant women living in Miami's Zika hot zone are worried. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned expectant mothers to steer clear of the city's Wynwood neighborhood, where at least 15 people are believed to have been infected with the Zika virus through mosquito bites in the first such cases on record in the mainland U.S.
Read More »As Zika Fears Escalate, Lawmakers Point Fingers From Afar
As the Zika virus escalates into a public health crisis, members of Congress remain entrenched politically, with Republicans and Democrats pointing fingers over the failure to act as the number of mosquito-transmitted cases in the U.S. grows. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell warned lawmakers on Wednesday that her budget for fighting Zika is running out quickly. Without more money fast, she said, the "nation's ability to effectively respond to Zika will be impaired."
Read More »Zika Tourism Effects Could Take Time To Play Out
With Florida battling a Zika virus outbreak in Miami, the full impacts of federal and international travel advisories on the state's tourism industry won't be known for months. The state's tourism-marketing arm Visit Florida, following Gov. Rick Scott and other officials, has maintained a message that Florida is safe and open for business.
Read More »Florida Gov Offers Free Zika Test Kits For Pregnant Women
Florida Gov. Rick Scott says pregnant women statewide can get a free Zika test to determine whether they’ve been infected with the mosquito-borne virus. Scott directed state health officials Wednesday to make the tests available at county health departments and also said the state would provide additional lab services to …
Read More »Scott Says Florida Remains ‘Safe State’ Amid Zika Battle
Florida political leaders say controlling the spread of the Zika virus is doable but will take everyone’s help, as travel advisories have been posted about visiting the state. The assurances came just hours before the Florida Department of Health reported that it was investigating an additional case of a person …
Read More »Governor: 14 Florida Zika Cases Likely Caused By Mosquito
Gov. Rick Scott asked Monday for a federal emergency response team to help the state combat the spread of the Zika virus in the U.S., saying the number of cases in Florida had increased to 14. The new cases are clustered in the same square-mile neighborhood in Miami-Dade County identified …
Read More »Two More Mysterious Zika Infections Reported In South Florida
Health officials fear that mosquitoes in the U.S. have begun spreading the virus as non-travel related cases rise.
Read More »Zika Investigations Eating Up Funds, Florida Officials Say
Zika is usually spread by mosquitoes, but nearly all the Zika cases in the U.S. have been contracted in other countries or through sex with someone who got it abroad.
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