{"id":18252,"date":"2016-12-30T12:18:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T12:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=18252"},"modified":"2016-12-30T12:18:21","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T12:18:21","slug":"indiana-receives-nearly-300k-grants-fight-zika-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/health\/indiana-receives-nearly-300k-grants-fight-zika-virus.html","title":{"rendered":"Indiana receives nearly $300K in grants to fight Zika virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Indiana receives nearly $300K in grants to fight Zika virus<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Indiana receives nearly $300K in grants to fight Zika virus:-<\/strong>Indiana is receiving nearly $300,000 in federal money to fight the spread of the Zika virus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The News and Tribune reports (http:\/\/bit.ly\/2hz5LGL ) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced $184 million in grants for communities across the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Indiana will get $200,000 for information gathering and rapid detection of microcephaly. The brain defect may occur when a mother is infected with Zika while pregnant. Babies with the defect have small skulls because the brain hasn&#8217;t property developed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The state is getting another $84,000 for mosquito testing and to improve mosquito control and monitoring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Zika is spread through a bite of an infected mosquito or through unprotected sex with an infected person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Complications to unborn fetuses due to microcephaly have been among the greatest concerns for the disease.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">source:-http:\/\/www.whio.com\/news\/local\/snow-showers-gusty-winds-overnight\/l1rpFQFHHDYJ6Kd3e3aTyH\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/health\/indiana-receives-nearly-300k-grants-fight-zika-virus.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana receives nearly $300K in grants to fight Zika virus Indiana receives nearly $300K in grants to fight Zika virus:-Indiana is receiving nearly $300,000 in federal money to fight the spread of the Zika virus. 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