Florida Declares Health Emergency Over Zika Cases.

eported Florida declared a health emergency after at least nine cases of Zika virus were reported in four counties, bringing the total to 50 cases across 13 US states. Meanwhile, one of the world’s “most prominent ethicists,” Arthur Caplan, PhD, Director of Medical Ethics, NYU, urged Brazil to cancel the Olympics, stating “I don’t know if [Brazil’s] up to doing the Olympics and epidemic control at the same time.”