As it stated in slate
Zika is spreading in Florida, but we know how to stop it.
Zika is spreading in Florida, but we know how to stop it.csfotoimages/ThinkstockThe news about Zika seems particularly bad as of late.An infant born in Texas died last week due to complications from microcephaly, the first death in Texas to have resulted from Zika.Local transmission continues in Florida: The state will offer free testing to pregnant women, a critically important step, but federal funding is still missing.
besides foxnews
As Zika crisis grows in Florida, Congress still deadlocked on funding
As Zika crisis grows in Florida, Congress still deadlocked on fundingAs Florida state and local officials scramble to contain a Zika virus outbreak in Miami Beach – a serious threat to the region's $24 billion-a-year tourism industry — congressional lawmakers from both parties continue to be locked in battle over a billion dollars in vital funding that experts say is needed to keep the virus from breaking out across America.To underscore that Florida has become the latest "ground zero" in the U.S. mainland battle against the mosquito-borne virus, Republican Gov.Rick Scott announced Friday that there have been five new cases identified in Miami Beach, some involving tourists — while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning Friday that pregnant women should stay out the region.
in like manner nytimes
In Florida, Pregnant Women Cover Up and Stay Inside Amid Zika Fears
In Florida, Pregnant Women Cover Up and Stay Inside Amid Zika FearsBut those cases involved people who are believed to have been infected while traveling, as well as 22 who contracted it by having sex with an infected person.Now that the virus has been transmitted through local mosquitoes, pregnant women say they feel vulnerable and frightened, and wonder how they can keep mosquitoes at bay during an entire pregnancy while living in a state that is swarming with the insects.At a regional meeting of obstetricians and gynecologists in Orlando last week, Zika was the main topic of conversation, said Dr. Karen Harris, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Gainesville who heads the Florida arm of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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