Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 24, 2024
5min0
'I rest easy, and Floridians can too, knowing our state has the nation’s best mosquito-control teams working to protect our health and our economy.'
Tag: Zika
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 24, 2024
Guest AuthorMarch 21, 2023
5min0
The world’s deadliest animal lives in all 67 Florida counties.
Christine Jordan SextonOctober 26, 2020
4min500
The Florida Department of Health is asking for money to begin rebuilding the infrastructure.
A.G. GancarskiJuly 27, 2020
4min590
It was clear Gov. DeSantis was an intended message recipient.
Guest AuthorFebruary 28, 2020
8min531
Public health risks must be addressed through publicly funded research.
Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 19, 2020
8min316
“We really don’t have all the information we want."
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 3, 2020
5min486
Rubio's rising star came fast and came early.
Associated PressJune 1, 2017
2min209
Seven babies have been born in Florida with birth defects linked to the Zika virus. The Orlando Sentinel reports that State Surgeon General Dr. Celeste Philip told Orlando-area officials Tuesday that seven babies with Zika-related neurological conditions have been born in Florida since June 2016. Philip did not say where the babies lived or whether […]
Associated PressMay 24, 2017
4min206
Zika began spreading in Florida mosquitoes about three months before infections showed up in the Miami area last summer, and the virus likely was carried in by travelers from the Caribbean, new research suggests. Mosquitoes there started picking up the virus from infected travelers as early as March last year, according to scientists who examined […]
Guest AuthorMay 15, 2017
7min313
As we celebrated Mother’s Day with our families this weekend, I could not help but think of all the moms in the U.S., and all over the world, who have been affected by Zika in the last year. As a father of six, I know that all children bring challenges. But a child born with microcephaly […]