Showing posts with label Zika virus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zika virus. Show all posts

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Zika virus: Florida steps up investigation after first local transmission

Mosquitos in South Florida transmitting Zika virus Florida and national health officials reported the first local transmission of the Zika virus in a US state on Friday, as the state began an aggressive investigation and federal authorities short on funding braced for a health crisis.Governor Rick Scott reported on Friday morning that four people in southern Florida probably contracted the virus through local mosquito bites,...
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Friday, July 29, 2016

Three new cases of travel-related Zika virus in Williamson County

Mosquitos in South Florida transmitting Zika virus Related CoverageWILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) The second, third and fourth cases of Zika virus have been confirmed in Williamson County.The travel-related cases were confirmed this week through testing at the Department of State Health Services lab in Austin. The first case was confirmed by the county in May.The three patients, one over the the age of 50, were infected...
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Florida"s first locally acquired Zika virus cases believed to...

Zika Virus: 4 Possible Non-Travel-Related Cases In Florida MIAMI - Gov. Rick Scott said Florida is the first state with a locally acquired case of the Zika virus.Scott said Friday that the Florida Department of Health has concluded that four cases of the Zika virus likely came from mosquitoes in the...
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