managedcaremag : reported that Gallup Survey: Zika Virus Not a Worry to Americans

This level of confidence in Zika prevention may be attributable to the seemingly "less threatening" nature of the virus bolstering Americans' confidence level, Gallup suggests. Fewer than one in 10 Americans believe it is likely that they will be infected by the Zika virus, according to a recent Gallup poll. A total of 5,158 Zika cases have been reported in the U.S. since January 2015––in every state except Alaska––and these cases once garnered significant media attention. Americans' confidence is somewhat greater than its past levels for Ebola (52%) and swine flu (59%). As the Zika virus has spread in the U.S., 64% of Americans are at least somewhat confident that the federal government will be able to manage the public health emergency.

Long-Term Impact Of Zika Virus In Puerto Rico Unknown : Shots

Doctors in Puerto Rico are just beginning to assess the long-term consequences for children born to mothers with Zika. Epidemiologists expect to see fewer cases in Puerto Rico this year than last, but the disease is now endemic on the island. There are many people in Puerto Rico who don't take Zika seriously, and we should," she says. She's one of more than 1,000 babies already born in Puerto Rico to mothers with Zika. Many are being seen at the University of Puerto Rico by Dr. Carmen Zorrilla.

Zika Virus infiltrates the pages of Cornwall doctor's latest thriller

Note: Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes will be presenting a short talk at Yes, Women Can, happening in Vankleek Hill on Sunday, April 9. That's the central question of Dr. Melissa Yi's newest crime novel, Human Remains, which debuts on DNA Day, April 25th. Human Remains will premiere at the Cornwall Public Library on Tuesday, April 25th at 7 p.m., in celebration of DNA Day. Yi is the pen name for Melissa Yuan-Innes, who practices emergency and hospital medicine in Cornwall, Alexandria, and at CHEO in Ottawa. Dr. Hope Sze discovers a dead man outside a stem cell lab.


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