CDC: Diseases from Mosquitoes, Fleas and Ticks Rising in US Diseases from mosquitoes, ticks and flea bites tripled in the United States from Y 2004 to 2016, and officials said Tuesday rising temperatures and an increasingly connected global society are to blame. More than 642,000 cases of these illnesses were reported during the 13 years […]
US Areas Hit With Zika Seeing More Birth Defects The mosquito-born Zika virus may be responsible for an excess number of birth defects in US states and territories where the virus had been circulating in local mosquito populations, even in women who had no lab evidence of Zika exposure during pregnancy, US health officials said […]
Fast, Easy Zika Test Developed After the horrendous impacts of Irma, Harvey and Maria, I spoke with my friend Charles Murray, the Chairman/CEO of Penta 5 USA, about keeping the “Bugs at Bay” and “Toxins out of the Way” And learned that there is a new fast, easy and cheap “dipstick” test for the Zika and […]
Warning: Irma, Harvey Could Boost Zika Cases Those folks whose who weathered Hurricanes Irma and Harvey now have to worry about bugs, a mosquito expert warns that the standing water left behind is the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes. People in the effected regions are advised to drain birdbaths, pots and anything else in their […]
Zika is Still a Real Threat in the US Zika still a very real threat to the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the risk is actually more widespread now. People are nervous about whether their bug sprays are doing what they’re supposed to do. And aside from the dangerous […]
US Center for Disease Control, Zika Affects 5% of Infected Babies Five percent of women in the US territories who were infected with the Zika virus while pregnant had fetus or babies with defects, including microcephaly, government health data said Thursday. The report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention covered the US […]
The Zika Virus Tied to Heart Problems For the 1st time, Doctors have tied infection with the Zika Virus to possible new heart problems in adults. The evidence so far is only in 8 people in Venezuela, and is not enough to prove a link. It is also too soon to know how often this […]
Zika Virus Risk Went Beyond Florida’s Miami-Dade County Local transmission of the Zika virus in Florida may have occurred as early as 15 June of last year and likely infected people who lived not only in Miami-Dade County, but in 2 nearby counties, US health officials said Monday. The warning means that some men who […]
The #1 Health News Story of 2016, the Mysterious Zika Vrius When news reports began to emerge of mysterious, severe birth defects in Brazilian newborns, few of us could have imagined these isolated tragedies would explode into the leading health news story of Y 2016: The Zika Virus. Quickly, the few Brazilian cases of microcephaly […]
US Sending $184-M to States and Territories to Fight Zika The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are sending $184-M in funding to US states and territories to fight the Zika virus. The funding is part of the $350-M in federal funding provided to CDC under the Zika Response and Preparedness Appropriations Act of […]
WHO: Zika Virus No Longer Constitute an International Emergency The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Friday that the Zika virus and related neurological complications no longer constitute an international emergency but said it would continue to work on the outbreak through a “robust” program. The WHO’s Emergency Committee, which declared an international public health emergency […]
Mosquito Spraying for Zika Virus Is Exterminating Bees Bees are now facing another chemical threat in the form of pesticides being sprayed to kill mosquitoes in the name of Zika-virus prevention. In Summerville, South Carolina, millions of bees were killed when a small area of the town was aerially sprayed for mosquitoes. The pesticide sprayed […]
US Beekeepers Fearful, Anti-Zika Toxin Killing Bees Beekeepers around the South Eastern US fear a new threat to their livelihoodm it is a fine mist beaded with neurotoxin, sprayed from the sky by government officials at war with Mosquitos that carry the Zika virus South Carolina beekeepers found millions of dead honey bees carpeting their […]
Miami Beach to Spray Powerful Insecticide ‘Naled’ in Zika Fight Aerial spraying with the powerful insecticide Naled is set to begin Thursday as the fight against the Zika virus ramps up in Miami Beach. Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s statement Tuesday that aerial spraying with Naled was to begin came as a reversal on the […]
Singapore Confirmed 41 Cases of ‘Homegrown’ Zika Virus Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus, mostly among foreign construction workers, and said it expected more cases to be identified. All but 7 of those infected have fully recovered, the health ministry and the National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a joint statement Sunday. […]
Zika Virus Scare Slows Travel To Miami $AAL, $JBLU The latest data reveals that travelers have booked fewer hotel rooms in downtown Miami, and leisure airfares to the greater Miami area have have fallen in the weeks since the Zika virus was detected there. Hotels sold 2.9% fewer rooms in Miami’s central business district and […]
Zika Cases Mounting in Popular Florida Tourist Destinations Wednesday, Florida Governor Rick Scott said the federal government has so far not delivered all of the Zika antibody tests and laboratory support requested as the state battles the spread of the virus. The complaint comes as Zika cases mount in some of the most popular tourist […]
Florida Investigating a non-Travel Related Zika Virus Case The State of Florida is investigating a non-travel related Zika virus case in an area previously not known with active local transmission of the mosquito-borne virus, the state’s Governor Rick Scott said Tuesday. “Today, we learned that the Florida Department of Health (DOH) is investigating one new […]
There is No Vaccine for the Zika Virus, Take Precautions Florida health officials are investigating their 1st case of suspected homegrown Zika virus outside of the Miami area, raising the possibility that the virus may have spread to the Gulf Coast region of the state. Gov. Rick Scott said Tuesday that state health officials are […]
Florida based Penta 5 USA develops non-toxic repellent that takes the bite out of mosquitoes. Last week I met with R. Charles Murray, Founder/CEO Penta 5 USA and learned that he has succeeded in developing a new class of products that can halt a Mosquitoe’s appetite for human Blood. Penta 5’s products are non-toxic […]
Congressional Republicans Push Billion Dollar Program to Battle Zika Virus Friday, US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on the Department of Health and Human Services to focus on battling the Zika Virus in the United States instead of trying to boost Barack Obamacare. “We see reports that the administration is working on yet another […]
At the Olympics? Don’t Let Illness Interfere with the Festivities About 500,000 people from around the world are travelling to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. And while Zika bearing mosquitoes are in the news, other bugs and health problems that Olympic athletes and spectators should bear in mind. The Big Q: What’s the biggest […]