Sentences with phrase «zika response efforts»

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As reported by the New York Post's Yoav Gonen, Kavanagh joined Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett for a press briefing on the City's proactive response to the threat of the Zika virus, and the need for Congress to fund a robust, decisive effort by the federal government — in New York and especially in warmer places where mosquitoes known to transmit the virus are prevalent — to avert a health crisis in the United States.

SHEA and CDC collaborated in 2016 to form the Outbreak Response Training Program to guide healthcare epidemiologists in how to maximize their facilities» preparedness and response efforts to combat outbreaks such as Ebola, Zika, pandemic influenza, and other infectious dResponse Training Program to guide healthcare epidemiologists in how to maximize their facilities» preparedness and response efforts to combat outbreaks such as Ebola, Zika, pandemic influenza, and other infectious dresponse efforts to combat outbreaks such as Ebola, Zika, pandemic influenza, and other infectious diseases.

As of March 30, the CDC has reported 312 cases of the Zika virus in the United States and heightened its efforts in response to Zika and the cases of microcephaly and other neurological disorders associated with the virus.

Response efforts for Zika virus and its associated diseases are taking place in parallel with efforts to better understand the virus» many unknowns, including the length of the Zika infectious period and the efficacy of control methods.