Public Health England has advised pregnant women to scrap non-essential trips to Florida, United States, after the country's first cases of the Zika virus not linked to travel have been discovered.

Public Health England advised pregnant tourists to cancel non-essential travel to Florida and said men and women should abstain from sex without a condom while they are on holiday.

Health officials said all 15 are within the same one-mile region of Miami, just in-land of the beach.

The 'killer' gene, that could dramatically alter the course of the Zika virus in America, shortens the life of the insects' young and should make the population crash, halting the spread of the disease.

The patient, who has not been identified, was tested as one of the 26 close contacts around the two original cases. It means there are now 16 local transmissions of Zika in Miami, Florida.

Fearing the worst during an outbreak of Zika virus, pregnant Emily was banned from travelling to the US with the rest of the family as Peter went abroad with Princess and Junior.

The condition known as arthrogryposis freezes up joints, often leaving their hands, arms, legs, feet, or fingers frozen in a contorted position. In most cases, it also impairs function of the heart.

My family and I were due to fly to Florida on the 27th August but following medical advice we decided we shouldn't go because I'm pregnant. Now Virgin is refusing to refund us.

The billboards - paid for by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and erected in and around Fort Lauderdale - showed a condom with the words 'Prevents Zika transmission' inside it.

The mosquito-borne infection arrived in the US last month, but has so far been restricted to a few blocks in Wynwood, a neighborhood of Miami-Dade County.

Hermine made landfall in Florida early Friday as a Category 1 hurricane with forecasters warning as much as 20 inches of rain on Thursday.

It comes after the intense storms last week, leaving swathes of standing water, which is ideal breeding ground for Zika-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

Two British tourists have contracted the Zika virus after travelling to Florida, US, and pregnant women have been advised to cancel all 'non-essential' travel to the American state.

Monroe County residents have backed a proposal to release a lab-developed group of mosquitoes designed to infect the Zika-carrying mosquito population with a fatal disease.

The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District released 20,000 male mosquitoes infected by the Kentucky-based company MosquitoMate with naturally occurring Wolbachia bacteria.

Michael Dale Hudson, 56, was captured on surveillance camera bursting through the entrance of the supermarket on Gibsonton Drive, narrowly avoiding an elderly shopper.

The culprit, later identified to be Philip Attey, 55, admitted walking into the sporting goods section of a Port St. Lucie Walmart on Wednesday and posing the question - but says he wasn't being serious.

Richard D. Clayton, 26, of Winter Park, Florida was arrested on Friday after authorities said he posted, '3 more days of probation left then I get my AR-15 back. Don't go to Walmart next week,' on Facebook.

Cops claim Ty Kelley, 55, stuffed the bottle of $6.98 Barefoot brand Riesling down the front of his pants while he was inside a franchise in Pinelas Park on Wednesday.

Richard D. Clayton, 26, of Winter Park, posting on Facebook under the name Jared Janota, expressed racist language and stereotypes. He also about white supremacist leanings, cops say.

Peter James McGaughran, 32, of Delaware was arrested on October 2 after surveillance footage captured him choking a Walmart cashier in an unprovoked attack in Stuart, Florida

Andrew Brooks Handley, 24, was arrested at the Walmart in Plantation, Florida on Saturday morning after trying to rape the woman in a store aisle.

Emily Rae Stallard, 37, was arrested at a Tampa Walmart on Saturday after she was stopped from making the makeshift bomb: made with a candle wick, a mason jar, nails and denatured alcohol.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by 45 to 43 in the latest Bloomberg News poll in Florida, in a matchup where third party candidates are included.

Things couldn't be tighter in 'Florida, Florida, Florida,' as the late Tim Russert coined it in 2000, with the Sunshine State looking to be the make-or-break it state for Republican Donald Trump.

In an apparent attempt to intimidate voters, at least a dozen trucks and other vehicles were caught on video parading around early polling stations in Florida waving Confederate flags on Monday.

Tom Garrecht allegedly slammed Donna Tatlici to the ground after she sprayed him. They began fighting when Garrecht saw her handing out pamphlets at the Juniper Community Center.

Donald Trump has won the state of Florida after a precinct by precinct battle unfolded for the 29 electoral votes. Trump beat Clinton with 49 per cent of the vote, as she received 47 per cent.

The fires tearing through Santa Rosa and Walton counties have scorched thousands of acres of woods, razed dozens of structures, including homes, and forced some 1,600 people to evacuate.

Prisoners in at least eight Florida state-run penitentiaries will strike on Monday, which falls on Martin Luther King Jr Day, it was reported on Sunday.

The huge alligator was spotted on the corner of MLK Boulevard and Williams Road at the Seffner intersection in Florida as it lumbered across the road.

The amazing rental is located in Davenport, Florida, just 15 minutes from Walt Disney World. The house itself is called Twelve Parsecs and can sleep up to 30 people.

The singer, 61, told a Las Vegas crowd on Friday, main: 'A queen is never late' after disgruntled fan Nate Hollander launched a class-action lawsuit.

The US wants Ukraine to extradite Craig Lang (left), 29, so that he could face trial in Florida for his role in the murders of Serafin 'Danny' Lorenzo Jr (top right), 53, and Deana K. Lorenzo (bottom right), 50.

Fort Lauderdale pub Hott Leggz is generally covered in dollar bills.However, after the coronavirus pandemic forced the bar to pivot to only takeout, 22 staff members were laid off.The co-owners took the cash off the walls and donated them to the laidoff staff - around $10,000 in total."We always had an inside joke, 'If anything goes bad, at least we have the money on the wall,'" co-owner Juliana Sodre told Business Insider. "This is the worst case scenario."Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Normally, the walls of Hott Leggz are papered with thousands of dollar bills.But customers coming in for takeout at the pub in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are now greeted with the sight of a surprisingly sparse interior.That's because, as Phillip Valys first reported for the South Florida

Michael Brennan, a regional director for Florida Senator Marco Rubio, resigned following the battery arrest after allegedly beating his wife on Friday night.

In an interview with ABC's This Week, 43-year-old Rubio added fuel to the speculation that he's planning a run for president by telling host Jonathan Karl that he has plenty of experience to hold the country's highest office.

While maintaining his position against same-sex marriage, Sen. Marco Rubio used a speech before a group of Christians to speak of the perils of intolerance toward the gay community.

President Donald Trump said 'everybody needs totally proper documentation,' when fleeing the Bahamas, hours after a ferry kicked off those lacking a proper visa to enter the U.S.

Former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi and former Treasury official Tony Sayegh are joining the White House on a temporary basis to head the response to impeachment.

Chris Brown was arrested Thursday evening in West Palm Beach, Florida in connection with an outstanding warrant, police told TMZ . Brown, 29, went directly from his concert into police custody.

Jeb Bush's top fundraiser in the state he once governed has ditched his campaign in an apparent disagreement over his attacks on fellow Floridian and rival Marco Rubio.

Orlando attorney Fred Leonhardt, 65, died on October 10, of intoxication of ethyl chloride, a chemical developed for industrial and medical uses but is known as a frequent inhalant.

Scott issued an executive order Friday immediately suspending Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes from office for misfeasance, neglect of duty and incompetence.

British Airways flight 2167 from Gatwick to Tampa, Florida, on Saturday February 5 when the captain took a decision to divert it to Bermuda when passengers in business said a phone was smoking

Joe Biden easily won Florida, Illinois and Arizona over Bernie Sanders on Tuesday, further cementing his position of probable 2020 Democratic nominee over the democratic socialist.

Sanders' campaign manager said the socialist will be having 'further conversations.' The next primaries are three weeks away. Biden took Florida, Illinois and Arizona easily on Tuesday.

Ryan Donaldson 33, from Tampa, Florida, created the ingenious gin delivery system so he could enjoy a drink with his friends at a safe distance during the coronavirus lockdown.

Beyonce, 38, was seen enjoying a night out on the town as she hit the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida on Friday.

Beyonce posed up with her husband Jay-Z at the second night of his Shawn Carter Foundation gala at a Florida casino on Saturday.