Zika-hit Miami neighborhood safe: Florida governor

Scott was speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press” about the neighborhood of Wynwood, where crews began aerial spraying on Thursday to kill virus-carrying mosquitoes.

“These are very resilient mosquitoes though”.

And the situation grew more dire Monday morning. The letter, led by Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Michael Bennet (D-CO), also notes that since Congress went into recess, at least 15 individuals have contracted the Zika virus on US soil, likely via mosquito, and according to health experts, thousands in Puerto Rico become infected each day, including up to 50 pregnant women.

First, Florida needs to make a specific request for federal funding. Why this risky delay? Doctors recommend ultrasounds every three to four weeks, and frequent ultrasounds should be continued even if early results don’t show abnormalities, since some issues, such as microcephaly, may not appear until later in pregnancy.

Visit Florida representatives did not respond to messages from The Ledger. That means that now you can catch the virus just by stepping out of your house and encountering the wrong kind of mosquito.

“You can imagine the water and sanitation systems in the underdeveloped regions of Brazil might leave more room for mosquitoes to breed”, she said.

We could not agree more and commend him for his well-placed concern.

Michael Dobie is a member of Newsday’s editorial board. “The president and Congress have to work together”, he said. That’s what did in the most recent attempt to secure funding. The CDC said nationwide more than 1,800 people have contracted the disease, including almost 500 pregnant women.

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has described microcephaly as a birth defect where a baby’s head is smaller than expected when compared to babies of the same gender and age.

Most of us out there have hear of the Zika Virus with it hitting the main stream media so much over the past months. The virus is particularly risky for pregnant women because it can trigger microcephaly, which is a birth defect that causes a baby’s head to be smaller than expected and its brain to be underdeveloped.

Bills providing additional federal funding for Zika have stalled in the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate.

Regional tourism officials in South and Central Florida didn’t respond to requests for comments. The delay is irresponsible.

“Zika virus can also be transmitted to sexual partners by both males and females”.

Chuck Schumer said the time to act on fighting the Zika virus is now.

President Obama today pressured Congress to pass his $1.9 billion funding for combating the growing Zika threat. But the chambers, ultimately, approved nothing.

Republicans angered Democrats by adding a provision to a $1.1 billion take-it-or-leave-it measure that would have blocked Planned Parenthood clinics in Puerto Rico from receiving money. We know there is no vaccine or cure; that mosquito control programs will help and that safe sex is a good idea. As Sen. Rubio reminded fellow lawmakers: “This is not a partisan issue; Zika bites everyone”.