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Utah resident dies after contracting Zika virus

Edit The Miami Herald 08 Jul 2016
Authorities said Friday the unidentified person from Salt Lake County tested positive after traveling to an area of the world where mosquitoes are known to spread Zika....

Puerto Rico sees ‘rapid increase’ in Zika: US health chief

Edit Indian Express 08 Jul 2016
Sueli Maria (obscured) holds her daughter Milena, who has microcephaly, (born seven days ago), at a hospital in Recife, Brazil, January 28, 2016. Milena was born with microcephaly, a neurological disorder that damaged her brain and also affected her vision, a condition associated with an outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil ... traveler, Frieden said....

First Zika-Related Death Reported in Continental U.S.

Edit Time Magazine 08 Jul 2016
The woman had traveled to a country where Zika is spreading ... “Due to health privacy laws, health officials will not release further details about the individual or the individual’s travel history.” ... “In addition to Zika, travelers need to be mindful of other diseases found around the world, including mosquito-borne illnesses like Dengue fever, malaria, and chikungunya.”....

TRICARE Offers Tips to Avoid Mosquito Bites this Summer (TRICARE)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jul 2016
(Source. TRICARE) ... The American Mosquito Control Association reports that over one million people worldwide die from mosquito-borne diseases every year ... For more information, visit the Mosquito-Borne Illnesses page on the Military Health System website. If you have traveled internationally recently, and develop a fever, headache, rash, muscle or joint pain, visit your healthcare provider immediately and tell them about your travel....

Leicester's Glenfield Hospital: What next for child heart patients?

Edit BBC News 08 Jul 2016
NHS England has told three units - in Leicester, Manchester and London - to stop complex surgery on patients born with congenital heart problems by April 2017 ... "Will they pay travel costs? At Glenfield you can stay over ... Sylv Hogan's son 12-year-old son Alex was was born with a congenital heart defect ... who will have to travel miles for surgery."....

Obama asking Congress for emergency funding to combat Zika

Edit Boston Herald 08 Jul 2016
... birth defect — babies born with abnormally small heads — and pregnant Americans are urged to avoid travel to affected areas....

UnREAL’s Michael Rady Makes Blueberry Pancakes Down the Shore

Edit New York Magazine 08 Jul 2016
Michael Rady plays a major role in this season of UnREAL, but you might also recognize him from Jane the Virgin, The Mentalist, and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Kostos!). This week, the Philadelphia-born actor left L.A. to visit his family at the beach in Margate, New Jersey. It...More » ... ....

Florida reported 11 Zika cases in a single day

Edit Business Insider 08 Jul 2016
They're travel-related cases, meaning people caught the virus elsewhere and were diagnosed in Florida ... "However, we expect cases to increase more rapidly with the change in CDC case definition, the advent of commercial testing, increased awareness and a general uptick in travel during the summer." ... Florida has reported 263 travel-related Zika cases in all, including 43 pregnant women, according to its Department of Public Health....

The Impact Crew: “The Land of My Dreams"

Edit Modern Ghana 08 Jul 2016
To envisage this, I';ve always believed that we are all born with a clean slate and that, it is what we write on that slate that's what we execute! No one is useless! Admit that! Given the right "environment" and the tender loving care, every viable seed will germinate, grow and bear tasty fruits ... All those who mostly stay glued to their television sets can attest to this and those who travel to different places....

Heart surgery: Three hospitals told to stop complex treatment

Edit BBC News 08 Jul 2016
NHS England has told three units - in Leicester, Manchester and London - to halt complex surgery on patients born with heart problems by April 2017 ... The services being targeted provide care to people born with congenital heart problems, such as holes in the heart, which affect nine in every 1,000 babies ... There are fewer than 4,000 operations done each year with 80% of children born with these heart defects surviving into adulthood....

Liberty and Justice for All?

Edit CounterPunch 08 Jul 2016
And, yes, I had promised my son to be especially vigilant while traveling in, we presumed, a dangerous place. “And what have you experienced?”. “None of this ... Near the end of an engaging conversation, she learned the other traveler was returning home, to Israel. Where had her parents been born? The United States ... Affouneh’s own parents and grandparents were born in Palestine, but she cannot visit ancestral lands in what is now Israel....

Aberdeen goalkeeper Danny Rogers rejoins Falkirk on loan

Edit Scotsman 08 Jul 2016
Aberdeen goalkeeper Danny Rogers has rejoined Falkirk on loan for another season ... Rogers added ... The New York-born Irishman has never made an appearance for his parent club Aberdeen, but travelled with the squad to their game against CS Fola Esch ... ....

No view from the peak for many Monas visitors

Edit The Jakarta Post 08 Jul 2016
I came to Monas today to enjoy the view of Jakarta from the peak of Monas," said 18-year-old Ade Irma, who traveled into the town center from Bekasi, West Jakarta, on Friday....
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