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Politics, economics and nature collide to spread Zika and other diseases

2016-08-07 04:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: With the Zika virus looming just a couple of years after Ebola spread across West Africa, what's long been obvious to experts should now be clear to the rest of us: We live in an era of emerging pathogens. Between 1940 and 2004, more than 300 infectious diseases either emerged or spread into new places and populations. On July 29, Florida Gov. Rick Scott called a news conference to alert the public to four cases of Zika in South Florida transmitted locally by mosquitoes. (The number grew last...

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Florida Gov. Scott bashes others over Zika funding, but slashed mosquito control money

2016-08-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Politico: As the Zika virus spreads in Florida, Gov. Rick Scott has toured the state, talked up his administration's commitment to fighting the mosquito-borne ailment and frequently criticized Congress and President Obama for not spending enough to help out. But Scott is far less eager to talk about his own record of cutting mosquito-control programs over the years, including the elimination of a state-funded pesticide-testing facility that was once known as "the mosquito lab." "Let's look at the success...

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33 US Military Service Members May Have Contracted Zika Virus

2016-08-06 02:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Science World: Nobody is readily immune from the Zika virus, and it seems that the feared illness has reached the American Military. A report from The New York Times said that there are as many as 33 active-duty American service members, one of which is a pregnant woman, who have been identified to contract the disease. Advertisement 33 US military members have contracted Zika https://t.co/XpPQ5lEJ2T pic.twitter.com/aLGjkXIenD -- CNN (@CNN) August 3, 2016 Maj. Ben Sakrisson, a spokesman from the Pentagon...

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Scientists tease out climate changes role in Zika spread

2016-08-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: Athletes and tourists converging on Brazil this week are crowding into a country where rapid environmental change and natural weather fluctuations nurtured a viral epidemic that has gone global. The Zika virus has exploded throughout South America, up through Mexico and Puerto Rico and into Florida, but the conditions it needed to fester in northern Brazil were rooted in urbanization and poverty. The initial Brazilian outbreak appears to have been aided by a drought driven by El Nio, and by higher...

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