Florida’s Uneven Fight Against Zika

Public Health ▶ Local mosquito-control efforts can’t keep up with the bugs ▶ “What you need now is boots on the ground”

Mosquito season has arrived in South Florida, and that means the Zika virus is coming, too. Some areas are prepared. The mosquito- control district for Fort Myers, on the Gulf Coast, has a $17 million budget funded by a local tax that pays for trucks, labs, and Huey helicopters equipped