Zika — Vax-Before-Travel

Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Dec 6

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PREVENT Says Include Pregnant Women in Vaccine Research

No research exists of risk to the fetus from vaccinating pregnant women with inactivated virus says CDC

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Fact checked by Kelley Lu, PharmD

Dec 2

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Florida Reports 89 Travel Related Zika Cases

Zika infection during pregnancy can cause serious birth defects, such as microcephaly

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Nov 28

3 min read

Google Eradicates 95% of Infectious Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes in Fresno

Verily Life Sciences 'Debug Fresno' partners, Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District and MosquitoMate reduced the number of female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Nov 20

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Florida Reports 1st Local Dengue Virus Case

Dengue virus cases in Florida are primarily travel related

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Nov 12

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Scheduling Your Next Infectious Disease Outbreak

Infectious diseases seasonality factors are Environmental, Host behaviors, Ecological, and Seasonal factors

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