Worried about Zika? Here's some other bugs you're more likely to catch...

Zika virus is "spreading explosively" across Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the World Health Organization. As many as 4 million people could be infected over the next year, and scientists are racing to determine whether the virus is causing an increase in microcephaly, a birth defect that can kill babies or cause lifelong disability.

But U.S. government health officials say Zika's unlikely to spread much in the U.S., although they say small, occasional outbreaks are possible as travelers bring the virus back and get bitten by mosquitoes. And that risk is mostly confined to the far south, because the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that spread Zika don't live in colder climates.

 Even then, the risk might only be for women who are currently pregnant, because 80 percent of people infected by Zika don't even feel sick at all. But there are some other mosquito-borne illnesses that are worth watching out for. They're endemic in the U.S., meaning they are here year-round. Here are a few of them: Full story...

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