Homegrown Zika Virus No Longer a Threat in Miami Beach, But… Friday, Florida’s Governor says the potentially deadly Zika infection is no longer spreading locally in Florida. With State and Local officials looking on Gov. Rick Scott lifted the “Red” designation from the area of Miami Beach that includes South Beach, a tourism hub that had […]
Zika Virus Impossible to Completely Eradicate The nation’s top health official is warning that homegrown Zika may be impossible to eradicate in the US. Zika and other diseases spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito “are really not controllable with current technologies,” says Dr. Tom Friedan, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). […]
Florida Gov. Rick Scott Renewed Vow to Eliminate Homegrown Zika Florida Governor Rick Scott has renewed his vow to eliminate homegrown Zika from Miami-Dade County, the only place in the US where the disease is spreading locally. “I know that everyone here is very concerned about how we can stop the spread of Zika. Our […]
Florida’s ‘Home Grown’ Zika Cases Top 1000 The total number of people in Florida infected by the Zika virus now tops 1,000, state officials say. A total of 1,014 have contracted the virus since state health officials began keeping the tally, the officials said Wednesday. That total includes 6 new cases of homegrown Zika and […]
Protect Yourself from Mosquito Born Zika Virus the Natural Way Thursday, the US Congress authorized $1.1-B to fight Zika, with the virus threatening the US. Nevertheless, pregnant women still face the choice to cover themselves with chemically-laden bug repellent or risk catching the virus, which can cause microcephaly and other heartbreaking brain defects in newborns. […]
Controversy Continues, Miami Beach Spraying Naled for Zika Mosquitoes The City of Miami Beach is slated to be sprayed again with Naled, a powerful insecticide, despite the continuing controversy over whether its use is warranted in the fight to eliminate Zika. Friday, Tom Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) […]
No New Zika Cases in Wynwood (Miami) in 45 Days Monday, US health officials on continued to advise pregnant women and their partners to consider postponing non-essential travel to Miami to avoid the risk of exposure to Zika, even as Florida Governor Rick Scott declared the city’s Wynwood neighborhood Zika-free and invited visitors to return. […]
The Zika Virus is Here, So Fight the Bugs “Smart” According to the data there have been more than 18,000 cases of Zika virus in the US and its territories. Researchers are trying to understand both how the virus enters the body, how it behaves, and how it’s passed to other people, along with the […]
Florida Republicans Want Feds to Release $1-B to Fight Zika Virus This Zika virus “scare” appears to be a gift to the chemical and pest control industry at the expense of public health. Florida Republicans are urging US House colleagues to facilitate the release of $1-B to fight the Zika virus locally, and are criticizing […]
More Naled Spraying for Zika Mosquitoes in Miami Beach Another round of aerial spraying in Miami Beach using Naled appears certain for Sunday, as the number of Zika cases continues to rise and a local attempt to stop the operation failed Wednesday. Miami Beach is one of the only 2 areas in the US where […]
Zika Update: Banned Toxin Naled Spayings In Miami Beach In Miami-Dade County, Florida, the aerial spraying campaign against Zika-carrying mosquitoes has been referred to as a “blitz” that “could be one for the record books if the CDC records it as a success.” The area began spraying the insecticide Naled from low-flying planes on 4 […]
Zika Virus Funding Bill Dies in US Senate Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Monday, “Due to Hurricane Hermine, I cancelled my scheduled trip to Washington D.C. where I was supposed to meet with members of Congress today on funding for Zika. “I am disappointed a bill which included funding for the Zika virus died today […]
Zika Virus to Have Little Impact on Singapore Economy The outbreak of Zika virus in Singapore will have “small impact” on the country’s economy, said Ravi Menon, Managing Director of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), said Wednesday. The Chief of MAS said it is too early to assess the impact of Zika on Singapore, adding […]
WHO Calls for Massive Education Campaign to Prevent Stop of Zika Virus The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a massive public education campaign to Stop mosquito-borne Zika virus from spreading, a WHO spokesman said Friday. Eloi Yao, WHO regional public information officer, said in an interview that there is no vaccine yet to […]
Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical to Develop a Vaccine for Zika Virus $TKPYY Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. won US government funding to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne pathogen that’s spreading rapidly through the Americas. The Osaka, Japan-based company was awarded a contract for as much as $312-M from the US Health and Human Services […]
Zika Virus Bearing Mosquitoes “Trapped” in Miami Beach Protect yourself with safe, natural solutions Florida officials Thursday said they have trapped the 1st Mosquitoes that tested positive for the Zika virus in the Miami area, further confirming reports of local US transmission of the illness that can cause severe birth defects. 3 Mosquito samples tested […]
WHO Convening Emergency Committee Meeting on Zika Virus The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that its Emergency Committee on Zika would meet Thursday to review the outbreak’s evolution and neurological birth defects linked to the mosquito-borne virus. The panel of independent experts led by Dr. David Heymann, which last met on 14 June, convenes […]
Safe Protections from the Zika Virus Bearing Mosquito The number of locally transmitted Zika virus cases has risen to 36 and health officials have confirmed the mosquito-borne virus is spreading outside the Miami neighborhood that has been the outbreak’s epicenter and could extend its reach across the US Gulf Coast. Late last week, the Centers […]
Genetic Engineering Affects Environmental Change, the Stakes are High $MON There are widespread examples throughout history of pest control experiments gone very wrong. Today, the stakes are really high, as scientists are increasingly turning to GE (genetic engineering) techniques to affect environmental change. Already this year the Zika virus, which is carried by the Aedes […]
Last year I never heard of Zika virus, did you? Not long ago most people never heard of the Zika virus, now it is an “Industry” According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Most people infected with Zika virus will not even know they have the disease because they will not […]