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Citizen-scientists: Uncle Sam wants you to fight Zika!

Published on May 16, 2016 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Associated Press

The mosquitoes that can spread Zika are already buzzing among us. The U.S. government could use some help figuring out exactly where. No experience is necessary for what the U.S. Department of Agriculture envisions as a nationwide experiment in citizen-science. Teenagers already have proven themselves up to the task in tryouts involving a small number of high school students and science teachers. Now it’s time for the Invasive Mosquito Project to scale up and fast, since Zika has been linked…

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Mitch Perry Report for 5.10.16 – Rick Scott needs to address House GOP when it comes to unlocking Zika funds

Published on May 10, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

Rick Scott takes his act to Washington on Wednesday, where the Florida Governor hopes to rally members of Congress to approve President Obama’s request for $1.9 billion to combat the spread of the virus. So what is the hold-up? The virus seems to only be getting greater penetration into the U.S. On Monday, the Florida Department of Health announced two new travel-related cases of Zika in Florida. The new cases — found in Orange and Pinellas counties — bring the total number of cases in Florida…

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Fighting Zika ‘starts at home,’ Kathy Castor says

Published on April 26, 2016 in Uncategorized by Drew Wilson

Flanked by Hillsborough County public health officials, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor said Tuesday that for Floridians “fighting Zika starts at home.” “Florida is already leading the country when it comes to the number of Zika cases reported since last year,” Castor said, citing the most recent weekly reports by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State of Florida. “At this point these cases are travel-related, but we want to make sure that our neighbors, especially…

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Today on Context Florida: Abortions, climate change, HIV/AIDS and the next digital threat

Published on February 4, 2016 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

Today on Context Florida: Republicans in the Florida Legislature are poised to create more damaging, expensive, unconstitutional laws that could take years to undo in the courts, says Julie Delegal. They’ve done it with the death penalty. They’ve done it with their drug-testing-without-cause laws for poor people. They’ve done it, most profligately, with their gerrymandered maps. And they could do it again with a bill that, if passed, would ban nearly all abortions in Florida. During his visit to the United…

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