Tag: Zika
Rodney Guttman, image via University of West Florida.

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Travelers might be worried about Zika, but it isn’t stopping them from traveling to the Sunshine State. The University of Florida’s Tourism Crisis Management Initiative found more than 70 percent of potential visitors are concerned about the mosquito-borne virus. However, the study found about 10 percent of potential visitors have actually changed their travel plans. […]

Associated PressAugust 11, 2016
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Kids returning to school in a Miami neighborhood linked to Zika infections will be allowed to wear pants and long-sleeved shirts that don’t match their school uniforms, but still can’t bring mosquito repellent to campus. The Miami Herald reports that at a school board meeting Wednesday, Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said, “aggressive […]

Mitch PerryAugust 11, 2016
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With health officials reporting there are now more than 400 travel-related cases of the Zika virus in Florida and 22 locally transmitted cases, Pinellas County Republican Rep. David Jolly has become the latest Florida lawmaker calling on Congress to return to Washington to pass a bill to fund the growing health crisis. “With Congress not scheduled to […]

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The Florida Department of Health is investigating a case of non-travel related Zika in Palm Beach County. Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday the DOH was investigating the case. The person, according to Scott’s office, recently traveled to Miami-Dade County, where several cases of locally acquired Zika have been transmitted. Scott said the health department has begun […]

Mitch PerryAugust 8, 2016
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Even though Marco Rubio has already said he has no intention of backing out of an appearance at a religious conference in Orlando this week that critics have called an “anti-LGBT rally,” Patrick Murphy said Monday the Florida GOP senator should do so. “The Pulse shooting devastated the LGBT community in Orlando and across our state,” Murphy said in a […]


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