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Web Briefing for Media – The Zika Virus: What’s Next in the U.S. and Abroad?Feb 17, 2016 The rapid spread of the Zika virus in the Latin America and the Caribbean region, the appearances of cases of Zika in the United States, and the association between Zika infection and serious birth defects has generated attention and concern among the public, policymakers, and the media. The WHO declared the cluster of birth defects associated with the virus represents a public health emergency of international concern. President Obama requested $1.8 billion in funding from Congress to combat the virus at home and abroad. What have scientists and researchers discovered about the healt…

Update: Interim Guidelines for Health Care Providers Caring for Infants and Children with Possible Zika Virus Infection — United States, February 2016Early Release / February 19, 2016 / 65(7);1–6 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6507e1er.htm?s_cid=mm6507e1er_e

Today, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced the first case of Zika virus infection in a North Carolina resident. The case was confirmed in an adult person who has recently traveled to a country with ongoing Zika virus transmission. The patients’ symptoms have resolved. http://www.ncdhhs.gov/news/press-releases/first-travel-related-case-zika-virus-confirmed-north-carolina

Media reports cite GBS in two US Zika cases. http://time.com/4229778/cdc-zika-virus-guillain-barre-syndrome/

Maryland Confirmed Zika Virus Infections (As of February 17, 2016) Travel-AssociatedLocally AcquiredTotal202 http://phpa.dhmh.maryland.gov/Pages/Zika.aspx

http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2016/02/021816-zika-update-11.html As of today, two new Zika cases have been confirmed in Miami-Dade County. County Number of Cases (all travel related) Alachua 1 Brevard 1 Broward 4 Hillsborough 3 Lee 3 Miami-Dade 9 Osceola 1 Santa Rosa 1 St. Johns 1 Total 24

A Zika cases has been confirmed in Virginia's Northern Region http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/

County Number of Cases (all travel related) Alachua 1 Brevard 1 Broward 4 Hillsborough 3 Lee 3 Miami-Dade 7 Osceola 1 Santa Rosa 1 St. Johns 1 Total 22 http://www.floridahealth.gov/_documents/newsroom/press-releases/2016/02/021716-zika-update-10.pdf

Zika Virus As of February 16, 2016, the Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting four cases of Zika virus disease statewide.http://www.dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/diseases-and-conditions/zika

http://www.health.pa.gov/My Health/Diseases and Conditions/U-Z/Pages/Zika.aspx#.VsOU6vkrLZa

http://www.floridahealth.gov/_documents/newsroom/press-releases/2016/02/021516-zika-update-8.pdf County Number of Cases (all travel related) Alachua 1 Broward 4 Hillsborough 3 Lee 3 Miami-Dade 7 Osceola 1 Santa Rosa 1 St. Johns 1 Total 21

Health officials confirm they are treating the first case of the Zika virus in Erie County. Dr. Gale Burstein, the Erie County Health Commissioner, tells News 4 the patient visited El Salvador sometime within the past few weeks. The patient was diagnosed with the Zika virus on Wednesday. Dr. Burstein could not disclose personal information about the patient. The patient is receiving treatment and will recover. http://wivb.com/2016/02/14/first-case-of-zika-virus-confirmed-in-erie-county/

WHO details Zika sexual transmission in Dallas, Texas. http://www.who.int/csr/don/12-february-2016-zika-usa/en/

Microcephaly – United States of AmericaDisease Outbreak News 12 February 2016 http://www.who.int/csr/don/12-february-2016-microcephaly-usa/en/

So far, 11 New Yorkers have tested positive for Zika. Three in Suffolk County; one in Nassau County; one in Rockland County; one in Westchester County; one in Monroe County; and one in Orange County. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/02/12/schumer-zika-czar/

County Number of Cases (all travel related) Alachua 1 Broward 3 Hillsborough 3 Lee 3 Miami-Dade 7 Osceola 1 Santa Rosa 1 St. Johns 1 Total 20 http://www.floridahealth.gov/_documents/newsroom/press-releases/2016/02/021216-zika-update-7.pdf

One of two Zika cases confirmed yesterday is from Monroe,LA ex-Nicaragua.

The current case count in New York State is 16 confirmed infections. http://www.putnamcountyny.com/first-case-of-zika-virus-is-confirmed-in-putnam-county/

One Putnam County resident has been confirmed positive for Zika virus and a second additional case is being tested, announced the Putnam County Department of Health today. Both residents had recently travelled out of the country. The current case count in New York State is 16 confirmed infections. http://www.putnamcountyny.com/first-case-of-zika-virus-is-confirmed-in-putnam-county/

There is one case of Zika in Maryland, state officials confirmed Thursday at a news conference. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene says it is the state’s first confirmed case of the virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas and is primarily spread through mosquito bites. The patient had traveled to a country where Zika transmission has been active, the department says. A blood test confirmed that the patient had Zika. http://wtop.com/maryland/2016/02/zika-case-confirmed-in-maryland/

Exclusive: Miscarriages reported in 3 American women with Zika virusTwitterFacebookLinkedInEmailPrintFELIPE DANA/AP Brain scans of a baby born with microcephaly at the Oswaldo Cruz Hospital in Recife, Brazil. By HELEN BRANSWELL @HelenBranswell FEBRUARY 10, 2016 http://www.statnews.com/2016/02/10/zika-american-women-miscarriages/

http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2016/02/021116-zika-update-6.html County Number of Cases (all travel related) Broward 2 Hillsborough 3 Lee 3 Miami-Dade 7 Osceola 1 Santa Rosa 1 St. Johns 1 Total 18

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: Hearing on Emerging Health Threats and the Zika Supplemental Funding Requesthttp://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-hearing-on-emerging-health-threats-and-the-zika-supplemental-funding-request Date: Thursday, February 11, 2016Add to my CalendarTime: 10:00 AMLocation: Dirksen Senate Office Building 138

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