Health News September 2nd | WGCU PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida

The Florida Department of Health issued a Mosquito-Borne Illness Advisory final week for Collier County as a result of a resident has dengue fever from a neighborhood mosquito chunk. Mosquitoes which can be able to spreading dengue fever dwell, breed, and lay eggs in containers of water in areas the place individuals are shut collectively. According to the Collier Mosquito Control District, there have been excessive numbers of mosquitoes in Ave Maria and Immokalee final week. They are reminding residents to test water containers and drain or cowl them every day.

The federal authorities is placing a pause on sending free COVID-19 testing kits to Americans beginning September on account of a scarcity of funding. The program remains to be accepting orders earlier than September 2. The White House first started sending out the kits in January, and the White House mentioned by May the assessments had been given to 70 million households, greater than half of the households within the U.S.

After greater than three months into the U.S. monkeypox outbreak, well being officers are seeing early indicators that charges of latest infections are slowing in among the main cities, significantly New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mentioned that whereas numbers are growing, the speed of rise is decrease. Federal well being officers say that whereas it’s too quickly to make a judgment in regards to the outbreak slowing down, the downtrend in some elements of the U.S. and vaccinations are some promising indicators.

El Rev. Gary y Christine La Croix, y Scripps Howard Foundation brindan apoyo para las Noticias de WGCU en Español.