ILLINOIS (AP) The Illinois Department of Public Health has confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus reported in Illinois for 2017. A Will County resident in his 60s became ill at the end of June. Will County is located in northeastern Illinois. Missouri has already found mosquitoes that tested positive for the virus this…
NEW YORK (AP) – A first look at U.S. teens and young children who were infected with Zika suggests the virus typically causes at worst only a mild illness. Zika infection during pregnancy can cause severe brain-related birth defects. But the report seems to confirm health officials’ belief that infections that occur after birth in…
Health officials say there have been no reported cases of Zika virus disease transmitted by mosquitoes in Texas
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Thank goodness it’s the slow season in Florida. At least that’s what officials and representatives of the state’s multibillion-dollar tourism industry are thinking in the wake of the news that 15 people have been infected with Zika in a small, trendy neighborhood in Miami. The outbreak has sent another chill through…
CHICAGO (AP) – The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting three pregnant women are among 46 cases of Zika virus in the state. Department officials say five pregnant women are awaiting test results from the Centers for Disease Control to determine if they have the virus. Zika, which is spread to people through mosquito…
Congress is not expected to interrupt its lengthy summer break to pass the anti-Zika legislation
MIAMI (AP) – Florida Gov. Rick Scott says there are 10 new infections of the Zika virus likely transmitted by mosquitoes, bringing the total in the state to 14. The new cases are clustered in the same square-mile neighborhood in Miami-Dade County identified last week. Florida health officials said in a news release Monday they…
The Zika virus is mainly spread by mosquito bites, but also through sex. Infection during pregnancy can result in birth defects
