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Feds to Fund Plans to Take on Zika Virus With Drones
Feds to Fund Plans to Take on Zika Virus With Drones
Two groups that want to deploy drones to fight Zika won support from the federal government Wednesday.The funding will go to helping them develop drones that could drop off Zika-fighting mosquitoes or ferry lab samples from remote regions.They join a batch of inventive solutions for fighting Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases being funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
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What You Need To Know About Zika Virus At Every Stage Of Life
What You Need To Know About Zika Virus At Every Stage Of Life
See the CDC's map below (last updated in October), and check back regularly for the agency's latest travel updates :The guidelines got murkier last week when the CDC expanded its travel recommendations to include 11 countries in Southeast Asia .This advisory was less urgent, since a significant portion of Southeast Asia residents likely have Zika immunity from past exposure.Practically speaking, however, for pregnant women, the advice for traveling to Southeast Asia is similar to traveling to Latin America.
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Zika Virus Transmission Found In A Second Area Of Miami : The Two-Way : NPR
Zika Virus Transmission Found In A Second Area Of Miami : The Two-Way : NPR
Zika Virus Transmission Found In A Second Area Of MiamiFlorida officials say there's a new area in Miami where Zika has been transmitted locally.Health officials have identified two women and three men who appear to have contracted Zika within an area that includes Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood.Officials say three live in the area; two others work there or have visited.
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Zika Virus 6 Months Later
Zika Virus 6 Months Later
On January 15, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised pregnant women not to travel to areas where the Zika virus was spreading.Six months later, more than 60 countries or territories have reported new local transmission of Zika.By August 4, 2016, nearly 1700 cases of travel-associated Zika infection, including 479 in pregnant women, had been reported in the continental United States; Puerto Rico is experiencing rapid and extensive spread of the epidemic.1 Florida has documented 5 symptomatic and 8 asymptomatic locally acquired Zika infections in a 6-block area north of downtown Miami.
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