FDA Advises Zika Screening for All US Blood Centers
The Food and Drug Administration wants all U.S. blood centers to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation’s blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus.
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Five Infected After Second Zika Transmission Site Located in Miami
A new cluster of five Zika infections around Miami Beach has Florida health officials concerned the virus is being locally transmitted in a second area of the state, according to Florida Governor Rick Scott.
Texas Links Infant’s Death to Zika-Related Birth Defect
A Texas infant has died after being born with birth defects linked to microcephaly, according to the Texas Department of Health.
South Carolina Receiving Another $400,000 to Fight Zika
South Carolina is getting an additional $400,000 from the federal government to battle the Zika virus.
CDC Issues Travel Warning for Florida After Zika Virus Outbreak
A travel advisory has been issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning pregnant women from visiting an area with ongoing Zika virus transmission in northern Miami, Florida.
SC Receives Nearly $4.5M to Fight Zika Virus
File/ABC News CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded nearly $4.5 million to South Carolina to fight the Zika virus. The CDC announced Thursday that the award is part of a nearly $60 million fund to states, cities and territories to support efforts to combat the virus. Funds will be used to support activities…
Watch: What you need to know about Zika in SC
ROCK HILL, SC –ABC COLUMBIA’S Amanda Fitzpatrick reports. York County announcing it’s first case of the Zika virus, bringing the total to 18 cases in South Carolina. Chuck Haynes with Emergency Management in York County says, “The Zika virus is not in the mosquito population, it is only in one person that traveled to a country that has Zika.” Zika…
Zika Virus Transmission From Woman to Man Reported for First Time, CDC Says
In this Feb. 11, 2016, file photo of aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen in a mosquito cage at a laboratory in Cucuta, Colombia. Ricardo Mazalan/AP Photo The Zika virus has been documented for the first time to have been transmitted from a woman to a man through sexual contact, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease…
What We Know About the First Zika Vaccine Trial
In this May 23, 2016, file photo, an Aedes aegypti mosquito sits inside a glass tube at the Fiocruz institute where they have been screening for mosquitos naturally infected with the Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Felipe Dana/AP Photo (ABC News) – A U.S. company has announced the first clinical trial of a Zika vaccine intended to prevent…
CDC: 3 Babies Born in US With Birth Defects Caused by Zika
Three babies with birth defects caused by Zika have been born in the U.S., the government reported Thursday in its first accounting of pregnancy outcomes involving the virus. Birth defects from Zika were also seen in three other pregnancies that ended. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking the pregnancies of women with Zika infections since the…
