Zika travel advisory for pregnant women in Florida MIAMI (AP) — The CDC has issued a new advisory that says pregnant women should not travel to the so-called Zika “transmission area” in Florida and pregnant women who live there should take steps to prevent mosquito bites and sexual spread of the virus. The Centers for […]
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CDC monitoring almost 300 pregnant women with Zika in U.S.
Data curated by HealthGrove WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said that is monitoring 279 pregnant women with likely Zika virus infections across U.S. states and territories. The largest number of cases by far are in Puerto Rico, where officials said they are keeping tabs on 122 pregnant women likely […]
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Hancock County resident tests positive for Zika virus
Aedes Aegypti Mosquito Distribution | HealthGrove Aedes Albopictus Mosquito Distribution | HealthGrove AUGUSTA — Maine health officials say a Hancock County resident has tested positive for the Zika virus after traveling to a country that’s dealing with an outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that the […]
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Pope Francis: Contraception ‘not an absolute evil’ in Zika crisis
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE— Pope Francis has suggested that women threatened with the Zika virus could use artificial contraception, saying there’s a clear moral difference between aborting a fetus and preventing a pregnancy. Francis was asked Wednesday en route home from Mexico if abortion or birth control could be considered a “lesser evil,” when confronting […]