More Zika Cases Likely in US: Health Official

Mosquitos carrying Zika is now a threat in the United States.

It said pregnant women should not travel to any area with Zika.

A mosquito can also bite someone with Zika and spread the virus that way. “This means Florida has become the first state in our nation to have local transmission of the Zika virus”. The CDC is not issuing such advice, however.

The AMA has compiled numerous Zika virus-related items in its online Zika Virus Resource Center, including the most up-to-date information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other trusted health organizations, to help physicians prepare to handle possible cases of the virus and answer patients’ questions. The mosquito then bites someone else, spreading the virus.

The area, known for bold murals spray-painted across warehouses, art galleries, restaurants and boutiques, is rapidly gentrifying and has a number of construction sites where standing water can collect and serve as a breeding ground for mosquitoes. “Unfortunately, it produced a package that is totally partisan and destined to fail, and they knew it”, said Richard Durbin of IL after banding together with other Democrats to block the Republican-backed legislation. But “we don’t expect widespread transmission in the continental United States”, the CDC’s Frieden said.

“This is not just a Florida issue; it’s a national issue”.

Among them was Dr. Aileen Marty, a professor of infectious diseases at Florida International University, who noted the fact that Florida successfully jumped on the local outbreaks of Dengue and Chikungunya in the past, and is confident that the same will happen with Zika. So far there is one confirmed case of Zika in Johnson County.

Most people with Zika are asymptomatic hosts (an estimated 3 in 4, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention); the others will display symptoms of the disease, such as rash, fever, headaches, body aches or pink eye, and the virus has been linked to serious neurological issues in adults, such as Guillain-Barre syndrome (which can cause paralysis). “But I don’t know if it’s going to do you any good to be real anxious about it because, if it’s here, it’s here”. “Where they were playing baseball?”

Jacob’s jurisdiction covers the Orlando area’s major theme parks.

The Republican-controlled Congress left on a seven-week vacation without giving the Obama administration any of the $1.9 billion it sought for mosquito control, vaccine development and other steps to battle Zika.

White House spokesman Eric Schultz called that “regrettable” and said: “Today’s news should be a wake-up call to Congress to get back to work”.

Jenny Gray, who works for an art designer in Wynwood, says she is concerned and plans to start wearing bug repellant.

“I don’t plan on having kids now, but I do sometime in the future. You can’t not go outside”.