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Florida Zika Virus

Florida Zika Virus

How has the Zika Virus affected the population in Florida? Are Zika Virus statistics available? What kind of Zika Prevention has Florida adopted to prevent its spread?

Virus Zika Florida

Two more Zika infections confirmed in Florida

Fla. Health agencies have identified nine travel-associated cases of the virus. Ref. Source 7r.

Florida Zika Virus Health & Special Psychology

Governor: 4 new Zika cases likely came from Fla. Mosquitoes

Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Friday that four people infected with Zika in South Florida likely contracted the virus from local mosquitoes, marking the first time the disease has been transmitted by the bugs in the continental U.S. More than 1,650 Zika infections have been reported in the U.S., but until now all were linked to travel to Zika-affected regions. Ref. USAToday.

Virus Zika Florida

Florida Gov. Rick Scott calls on CDC to activate emergency response team following 10 additional Zika cases

Ten new cases of Zika virus are confirmed in Florida, the governor said Monday. This brings the total number of people with locally transmitted Zika to 14. Ref. CNN.

Virus Zika Florida

CDC lifts travel warning for Miami's Wynwood neighborhood after Florida governor declares it Zika free

Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami Zika free Monday, and urged tourists and residents to return to an area under federal and state travel warnings for nearly two months. Ref. USAToday.

Florida Zika Virus

Another Zika transmission zone identified in Miami, Fla., Gov. Rick Scott says

Florida health officials have identified a second neighborhood in Miami as an area where mosquitoes are currently spreading Zika, the governor's office said in a statement. Scott identified five people - two women and three men - as carriers of the virus in the neighborhood, bringing the total number Florida Zika cases to more than 1,000. Ref. USAToday.

Florida Zika Virus

Zika reached Miami at least four times, Caribbean travel likely responsible. With mosquito season looming in the Northern Hemisphere, doctors and researchers are poised to take on a new round of Zika virus infections. Now a new study explains how Zika virus entered the United States via Florida in 2016 -- and how it might re-enter the country this year. Ref. Source 4s.

Florida Zika Virus Psychology Special & Health

Floridians took Zika threat more seriously than rest of US -- but still most did nothing. Threatened by the mosquito-borne Zika virus in 2016, Florida residents felt more susceptible than others in the United States to getting the virus, were more knowledgeable about it, and were more likely to support taking community action against it. Floridians were nearly twice as likely as non-Floridians to say they took steps to protect themselves from Zika. Even so, fewer than half of Floridians said they actually did take preventive measures. Source 1h.