Drugstores Are Right: You Need Bug Spray, and Not Just for Zika
- CDC says applying repellent should be like brushing your teeth
- New York City using lessons learned from West Nile battle
Zika Virus: What You Need to Know in Two Minutes
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If bug-spray makers and U.S. health officials get their way, Off and other insect repellents will take up permanent space alongside toothpaste in America’s medicine cabinets.
Drugstores and local agencies are doing their part in the marketing push by issuing warnings about Zika, a virus that causes devastating birth defects in babies infected in the womb. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the species of mosquito that carries Zika has been found across most of the nation, sparing only some parts of the West and the northernmost states.