As Zika season approaches, states step up efforts to combat virus quoting : Fox News

A new study suggests the worrisome Zika virus apparently has been in Brazil at least a year longer than experts previously thought. A CDC report released earlier this month found that one in 10 pregnant women with Zika gave birth to a child with serious birth defects. California's first line of defense in keeping the virus at bay is mosquito control. Through February of this year, New York state dropped $2.1 million on Zika prevention and it is still developing its budget to address prevention this summer. Other StatesFlorida, New York and California may have seen the most symptomatic Zika cases in the U.S., but numerous other states are working to combat the virus as warm weather approaches.




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Latest advice for dealing with Zika virus this summer

Many people who get the Zika virus will not know; the symptoms can be very mild. Wear long sleeves and long pants, use an insect repellent with Deet, spray your clothes, paying particular attention to sleeves and cuffs. This year with mosquito season coming up, Florida Keys Mosquito Control is releasing thousands of bacteria-infected mosquitoes into the wild. For a list of countries where non-essential travel should be postponed during mosquito season, see the list from the HSE's Health Protection Surveillance Centre (iti.ms/2q4DiJx). Zika has not gone away and is still an issue this year, especially for pregnant women or about-to-be-pregnant women.


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