American public health experts are warning that the Zika epidemic first identified in Latin America in February and now affecting Florida may expand throughout the Gulf states and pose a challenge to health officials for at least the next year.
A senior staffer at the Republican National Committee (RNC) told Breitbart News Saturday GOP presidential candidate Donald J. Trump did not say or suggest that he was open to granting any legal status–amnesty–to any illegal aliens in the United States at his campaign’s National Hispanic Advisory Council meeting as reported in BuzzFeed and Univision.
Five cases of local Zika transmission have been reported in Miami Beach, widening the area of Zika exposure after a week of hopeful speculation that the outbreak had been contained.
CNN is reporting that officials in Florida have now confirmed a total of 33 Zika cases not contracted by traveling abroad to affected areas, doubling the number of local cases from the initial fifteen that led to a CDC warning against traveling to Miami.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) announced Monday a Texas resident contracted Zika while in south Florida, bringing it back with him to El Paso.
Three more cases of Zika virus transmission have been reported from the outbreak area in northern Miami, making a total of 25 cases reported to date.
Florida has begun an aerial insecticide spraying campaign against the mosquito known to carry Zika, as health officials brace for a new wave of locally transmitted diseases and fear the outbreak could have already spread outside Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood.
With Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control rapidly losing the battle to contain the epidemic from the Zika-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, panicking authorities began aerial spraying and may soon bring in bats that can eat 1,000 mosquitoes an hour.
Miami-Dade County officials have announced that they will use aerial insecticides in affected neighborhoods of Miami to combat the Zika virus, though such measures are typically only marginally effective in killing aedes aegypti, the mosquito responsible for carrying Zika. The number of mosquito-contracted local cases of infection has now risen to 15.
The number of Zika-infected people in the Miami outbreak area rapidly climbed from 4 to 14 over the weekend, leading the Centers for Disease Control to warn pregnant women to stay away from the area. Pregnant women who already live in the area have been urged to undergo testing for the virus, which can cause birth defects.
The Zika virus has conclusively arrived on American shores, as Florida officials announced the first confirmed cases of mosquito-transmitted infections on Friday.
A 25-year-old U.S. Air Force lieutenant died Monday in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from a “non-combat related injury” sustained while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led mission against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria, according to the Pentagon.
“The Trump Campaign has canceled the trip to Miami, Florida today, due to the tragic events in Dallas last night. A statement from Mr. Trump will soon follow,” the campaign wrote in a press release.
A search by authorities of a home in Miami, FL found found millions of dollars stashed inside buckets hidden in walls, as well as drugs and a gun, per a WGNTV report. Luis Hernandez-Gonzalez, 44, and his sister, Salma Gonzalez, 32, were
An FBI sting operation has thwarted a plan to bomb a synagogue in Miami, Florida.
Kevin Gibson, a 58-year old Florida Man arrested by Miami on a variety of counts including marijuana possession with intent to deliver or sell and public drinking, sported a bushy beard on one side of face in his booking photo.
Carnival Cruises has agreed to rescind its policy of not selling tickets for its newly-announced Cuba cruises to U.S. citizens born in Cuba. Should Cuba ban these individuals from docking, Carnival has promised to delay the program’s maiden voyage. This represents a change in policy following a civil rights lawsuit filed against the corporation.
Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel had been using Miami as a key piece in its money laundering operation. Through a complex process of currency exchanges, the Sinaloa Cartel was able to funnel millions of dollars to pay Colombian drug lords from the Cali Cartel for tons of cocaine.
It is an image instantly etched into the fabric of American history: President Barack Obama, flanked by an assortment of American aides and Cuban communist henchmen under the gray skies of Havana and the black shadow of Ernesto “Che” Guevara, one
MIAMI, Florida — Sen. Marco Rubio officially suspended his campaign for president this evening after losing to billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump in Tuesday’s primary election in Florida.
Sen. Marco Rubio welcomed Fox News host Megyn Kelly to join him on stage at a rally with supporters in Hialeah, Florida today Wednesday. During the rally, Rubio first took the stage with his wife and began speaking fluent Spanish to supporters
Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz will hold a campaign rally in Sen. Marco Rubio’s hometown of Miami, Florida on Wednesday leading into 2016’s secondary Super Tuesday showdown and after opening up 10 new campaign offices in his opponent’s home state.
MIAMI, FLORIDA — Sen. Rubio hadn’t taken the stage yet, but Rubio’s supporters were eager to see how their hometown candidate would perform on Super Tuesday after five days of tackling Trump that had singlehandedly taken up all the oxygen
MIAMI, Florida — The night moved quickly for Rubio supporters who showed up at the open air Tropicana Equestrian Center for what had been described as a “Florida Kick Off Rally” by the campaign.
Beyonce’s race-baiting Super Bowl halftime show continues to boomerang on her as police boycott her upcoming concert at Marlins Park on April 26 and off-duty cops refuse to work security for her concert on April 29 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
An agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement has died from injuries sustained in a hit-and-run accident that occurred in Miami Beach, Florida.
As half a dozen legal districts compete for who will get to try notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán after his extradition to the U.S., the City of Miami, Florida has emerged as a top contender.
Recent drug seizures and indictments indicate that Miami is back on the map as a trafficking hub for cocaine passing through Caribbean waters. After the fall of the Cali and Medellín drug cartels in Colombia, both the Florida Straits and the streets of south Florida quieted down dramatically.
A Peruvian national, who police say was involved in the deaths of two illegal immigrants, was arrested Wednesday in Miami, authorities said. Several other illegal aliens were also arrested across the country this week.
Venezuela is now number five on the list of countries sending the highest number of political asylum requests to the United States, a figure that skyrocketed between February 2014, when socialist President Nicolás Maduro began a violent repression campaign against peaceful activists, and today.
Fast food workers are striking on Tuesday as they demand $15 an hour, which is allegedly a more livable wage.
Cuban artist Danilo Maldonado, known by his stage name “El Sexto,” tells journalists he has no intention of censoring his art after being freed from a ten-month stint in prison after being caught painting the names “Fidel” and “Raúl” on two pigs.
A shooting that left one dead and four injured erupted Saturday at a Florida “ZombiCon” convention, sending enthusiasts dressed like zombies running for cover.
24 members of the Cuban Ladies in White dissident group have finally been freed after their arrest to prevent them from attending Pope Francis’s mass in Havana on Sunday. The women claim to have been beaten, “dragged by the hair,” and subject to verbal obscenities.
A group of thirteen Cuban refugees–11 men, one teenage girl, and a dog–arrived on American soil on Tuesday to the cheers of Miami beachgoers, two days after they had run out of food and the tiny motor on their makeshift sailboat ceased working.
The head of Arby’s restaurant chain has apologized to the Pembroke Pines Police Department after an employee at a local restaurant reportedly refused to serve a uniformed officer.
Former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) called fellow South Floridian Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) for her birthday on Wednesday, and the voicemail message he left her is getting a lot of buzz on social media.
Pope Francis’ controversial encyclical letter on the environment may already be having an effect on US politicians, according to Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, who said Wednesday that the Pope’s words have softened the climate rhetoric of two Republican presidential hopefuls: Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.
As Bush introduced his “wonderful mom,” Barbara Bush, he was interrupted by protesters who were lined up near the back of the crowd. Taking off their jackets, the protesters — over twenty of them all in the same row — revealed bright neon yellow T-shirts that read “LEGAL STATUS IS NOT ENOUGH.”
Monday morning, Rubio posted on his Twitter account a tweet welcoming “my friend @JebBush” into the race. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) also sent out a statement welcoming Bush into the race.
