Zika and Travel: What Pregnant Women Need to Know in the US Zika and Travel: What Pregnant Women Need to Know in the US CDC issues new warning for couples planning to have a child Tuesday, August 9, 2016 0 4893 Recent cases of Zika virus are prompting the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to, for the first time, warn people about traveling to an area within the continental United States. So far, 15 people in Florida were found to have been infected with Zika virus after being bitten by local mosquitoes. Miami health officials believe mosquitoes spread the virus, most likely by biting a person who had returned to the United States with the disease.
Zika funding: Senate likely to advance $1.1 billion Zika funding: Senate likely to advance $1.1 billion Tuesday, May 17, 2016 0 4844 The Australian Olympic Committee announced on Monday that Australian athletes at the Olympics will be supplied with condoms which manufacturers say will offer "near complete" antiviral protection against Zika. It has been linked to birth defects, including microcephaly, a condition in which babies are born with unusually small heads and...