THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2016 (HealthDay Information) -- Practically $184 million has been earmarked to guard Individuals in opposition to Zika virus an infection, the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention introduced Thursday.
The funding will go to states, territories, native governments and universities. It is a part of $350 million awarded to the CDC by Congress earlier in 2016 for Zika response and preparedness, the company stated.
"Zika continues to be a menace to pregnant girls," CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden stated in an company information launch. "States, territories, and communities want this CDC funding to battle Zika and defend the subsequent era of Individuals."
Zika publicity in being pregnant could cause microcephaly -- which ends up in an abnormally small mind and head -- and different severe delivery defects. Additionally, some adults develop a uncommon neurological dysfunction known as Guillain-Barre syndrome.
The CDC stated the supplemental funds will assist states management mosquitoes and beef up communication to the general public and well being care suppliers about Zika issues.
Different priorities embrace: sending emergency response groups to states with Zika outbreaks; bettering laboratory-testing capability; and offering a framework for monitoring pregnancies and births affected by Zika, the CDC stated.
The CDC stated $25 million can be awarded to 21 communities at best danger of Zika an infection to allow them to quickly establish, examine and comprise any virus instances.
4 universities will obtain $10 million every for Zika analysis. They're the College of Florida, the College of Texas Medical Department at Galveston, the College of Wisconsin in Madison, and Cornell College in Ithaca, N.Y.
Practically $100 million will go to 58 state, territorial, metropolis, and native public well being departments, the company stated.
Zika spreads to folks primarily by way of the chunk of an contaminated mosquito, however can be transmitted by contaminated folks to their intercourse companions. There isn't a vaccine or therapy for Zika.
The most typical signs are fever, rash, joint ache, and conjunctivitis (crimson eyes), however many individuals contaminated with Zika haven't any signs.
Pregnant girls and ladies planning to turn into pregnant ought to defend themselves from mosquito bites, keep away from touring to areas with Zika virus, and take precautions if having intercourse with somebody who has traveled to an space the place Zika is circulating, the CDC stated.
To this point, the one mainland states which have reported Zika transmission from a mosquito to a human are Florida and Texas.
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