Have 30 seconds? Here’s what you need to know about the Zika virus. No mosquitoes tested in Florida so far this year have been positive fo...
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Have 30 seconds? Here’s what you need to know about the Zika virus.
No mosquitoes tested in Florida so far this year have been positive for Zika, officials report (AP). A US Senate panel this week approved $100 million in mosquito control funding.
The measure now goes to the full Senate (Miami Herald).
The US Army is proceeding with plans to grant Sanofi Pasteur an exclusive license to develop a Zika vaccine, despite some groups’ concerns that the product may be priced too high for many Americans (STAT Plus).
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The US Army is proceeding with plans to grant Sanofi Pasteur an exclusive license to develop a Zika vaccine, despite some groups’ concerns that the product may be priced too high for many Americans (STAT Plus).
The upper estimate of how much live births in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fell during the second half of 2016. Scientists don’t yet know why, but suspect that a combination of family planning and Zika-caused miscarriages are to blame.
Since the beginning of the Zika epidemic in 2015, doctors have realized that Zika congenital syndrome can manifest itself in profound ways — brain tissue missing — or subtler deficits, such as hearing loss and vision problems.
STAT recently revisited two affected babies — Duda, age 18 months, and Sophia, 1 year — whose divergent stories show the varied effects of the virus, and its profound impacts upon families. Follow their stories in a new multimedia project.
As Zika season nears, states brace for an end to CDC funding (PBS Frontline). - Online Sources
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