Louisiana Medicare to cover mosquito repellant for pregnant women
Louisiana's Medicaid program will pay for mosquito repellent for women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant, in order to help prevent cases of Zika virus. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What are mosquito-control workers spraying in Miami?
After the first locally transmitted cases of the Zika virus were identified in a small area north of downtown Miami, officials began to spray an insecticide over a 10-square-mile portion of Miami-Dade County on Thursday morning. But what was in the i... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What exempts people from military service?
On the heels of Donald Trump facing scrutiny over his multiple U.S. military deferments during the Vietnam War, many Americans are questioning what exactly qualifies as a draft exemption -- especially from a medical perspective.
The New York Times repor... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cities, counties scramble to take on Zika
Zika was worrying local health officials long before Florida announced the nation's first local transmission from an infected mosquito in late July.
Previously, the virus had already hit US territories, Puerto Rico in particular, and there were almost... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Boil-water advisory lifted for Water District No. 1 customers in St. John the Baptist Parish
A boil-water advisory was lifted Thursday for affected residents in St. John the Baptist Parish. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Planning a family in the age of Zika
Ana Cássia has always wanted to be a mother. She and her childhood sweetheart, Alberto, knew from the get-go that they wanted a big family. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More money allocated to fight growing Zika concerns in Greater New Orleans
At a press conference in New Orleans, Dr. Jeff Elder with the New Orleans Health Department confirmed there are still no locally-transmitted cases of the Zika virus in Louisiana. In Miami-Dade County, Florida, 15 people have been infected by mosquitoes in one neighborhood there.
Elder said there are 17 cases of the virus confirmed in the state of Louisiana. All were infected out of state. In Orleans Parish, there are two travel-related cases and seven more in the metropolitan area. But New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said he is operating with the mindset that it is just a matter of time before the virus is transmitted l...
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Now 41 US military members have contracted Zika
CNN has learned there are now 41 members of the military who have been diagnosed with the Zika virus since testing began earlier this year.
Eight new cases have been recorded in the last week, a Pentagon official told CNN.
One of the military service m... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Human trials begin for Zika vaccines
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has injected two human volunteers with an experimental DNA-based Zika vaccine, Director Anthony Fauci announced today, a month ahead of its projected schedule for vaccine development. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
City allocates additional $500K in fight against Zika-carrying mosquitoes
Mayor Mitch Landrieu said an additional $500,000 will be allocated to the city's mosquito control board to help target two species of mosquitoes that are known to spread Zika virus. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sales spike for mosquito control company amid Zika concerns
With Zika and West Nile viruses being a big concern for many in the Gulf Coast, one local mosquito control company said sales for its services have spiked. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Boil-water advisory issued for Water District No.1 customers in St. John the Baptist Parish
A boil-water advisory has been issued for residents in Reserve, Garyville and Mt. Airy, St. John the Baptist Parish leaders said. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Poll: Most Americans aren't worried about contracting Zika
A new poll finds most Americans aren't worried about someone in their family contracting a case of Zika, even as a growing number of mosquito-borne cases of the disease in a Florida neighborhood prompted a historic travel warning from the Centers for... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Millennials are having less sex than Gen Xers
Today's 20-year-olds are having less sex than the previous generation. About 15 percent of adults between the ages of 20 and 24 reported having no sexual partners since they turned 18, according to new research published today in the journal Archives of Sex... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The science of distracted driving: Why can't we stop?
Most people will admit that texting, checking social media or playing a video game while driving isn't safe, and yet, some still do it. Why?
David Greenfield, founder of the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction, says it has to do with the addi... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
