A CDC report released earlier this month found that one in 10 pregnant women with Zika gave birth to a child with serious birth defects. A new study suggests the worrisome Zika virus apparently has been in Brazil at least a year longer than experts previously thought. Through February of this year, New York state dropped $2.1 million on Zika prevention and it is still developing its budget to address prevention this summer. California’s first line of defense in keeping the virus at bay is mosquito control. Other StatesFlorida, New York and California may have seen the most symptomatic Zika cases in the U.S., but numerous other states are working to combat the virus as warm weather approaches.

Source: Fox News May 01, 2017 13:18 UTC