The Rhode Island Department of Health announced the first confirmed case of Zika virus in the state. The individual who tested positive, was a 60-year-old male who had recently traveled to Haiti, where there is an active mosquito-borne transmission of Zika.
Sexually transmitted diseases are no joke, and they're making a strong comeback, next door, in Rhode Island. The state Department of Health says HIV rates in the state are up 33 percent from 2013 to 2014, gonorrhea cases are up 30 percent, and syphilis cases skyrocketed a whopping 79 percent...