Officials have said that at least four people in Florida have contracted the Zika virus and warn that the virus now appears to be spreading domestically either through contact with mosquitoes or direct human-to-human transmission. Until recently, the virus only appeared in individuals infected outside of the United States, primarily in South America. In an Read More…
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A Pandemic Paradox – Weighing the Zika Logistics
There is a swirl of information concerning the Zika virus whipping through the Internet and across media outlets worldwide. And a lot of it is confusing, to say the least. No one really knows where it came from or how to fight it, there’s no available vaccine, no cure and very little consensus on how Read More…
The Zika Microcephaly Connection: Understanding the Numbers
President Juan Manuel Santos announced Saturday that more than 3,100 pregnant woman in Columbia are currently infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus. As of now the Zika virus is said to have mild to moderate symptoms and not thought to be life threatening. That threat alone would not be enough to herald the “next big Read More…