On Wednesday, James Hodge, in U.S. News and World Report, wrote that Congress needs to pass funding to combat the Zika virus. He did not note that the House of Representatives did pass legislation. The Senate voted twice to fund the fight against Zika and every Democrat, but one, voted ... Read More »
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. government on Friday declared a public health emergency in Puerto Rico as a result of a Zika epidemic. The declaration allows the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to award grants, access emergency funds and temporarily appoint personnel where needed, among other ... Read More »
With the Rio Olympics starting Friday in the country where over 165,000 suspected Zika cases have been reported this year, and local mosquito-borne Zika virus transmission reported in Florida, it’s natural to be concerned about the infectious disease that’s been dominating headlines. While some information about the outbreak is available— ... Read More »
Windsorites planning winter vacations in Florida should educate themselves about Zika virus, warns health officials and a Windsor travel agent currently booking vacations. U.S. government health officials on Monday warned pregnant women to avoid a Zika-stricken section of Miami after the number of people feared infected through mosquito bites in the country climbed to ... Read More »
The head of the world health body said she’s going to the games. The risk of Zika virus infections at the Olympic Games is both low and manageable, the chief of the World Health Organization said on Friday, a week before the event kicks off in Rio de Janeiro. Nearly ... Read More »
Health officials are urging pregnant women to avoid a Miami neighborhood where mosquitoes are apparently infecting people with the Zika virus. The number of local transmissions of the virus has apparently increased to 14, Gov. Rick Scott said Monday. While infection with the Zika virus is harmless to most people, ... Read More »
The Florida Department of Health confirmed four cases ofZika virus in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have a “high likelihood” of being locally transmitted. Health officials believe the virus was acquired in a one-mile area of Miami, though no mosquitoes the department has trapped have tested positive for Zika yet, according ... Read More »
Rihanna was reported to have been the headline act at the Lollapalooza Colombia festival in South America. But just weeks before it was meant to take place, the Bajan beauty has left the festival in tatters by refusing to perform at the show. A source told the RCN Radio of ... Read More »
A woman in Spain infected with the Zika virus has given birth to a baby with the brain disease microcephaly, thought to be the first such birth in Europe. Authorities revealed in May they had detected microcephaly in the foetus but the couple decided to keep the baby. Felix Castillo, ... Read More »
Salt Lake City — (KUTV) The eighth case of Zika virus has been reported in Utah. This most recent case has health experts stumped. Officials say the patient has recovered, but they’re not sure how they contracted the disease. Previously experts have told the American public that Zika is passed ... Read More »
The terrible start defects because of Zika virus appear to be the end result of an immune machinereaction that triggers prenatal mind cell suicide and obstructs fetal mind development, a new lab look atreports. The virus reputedly turns on an immune receptor called TLR3, which the body uses to pick ... Read More »
New studies indicates the Zika virus turned into circulating in Haiti months earlier than Brazil’s firstinstances have been mentioned remaining spring. “We recognise that the virus was found in Haiti in December of 2014,” stated Dr. Glenn Morris, director ofuniversity of Florida’s emerging Pathogens Institute. “And, primarily based on molecular ... Read More »
