NYC urges pregnant women to avoid Zika-affected areas
05/25/2017
NYC urges pregnant women to avoid Zika-affected areasNewsOK.comNEW YORK (AP) — New York City health officials are launching a campaign to urge women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant to avoid travel to countries with the Zika virus, many of which are in the Caribbean and South America. Health …

Scientists think they've figured out how Zika got to Florida – 89.3 KPCC
05/25/2017
89.3 KPCCScientists think they've figured out how Zika got to Florida89.3 KPCCNo pre-existing immunity to Zika, a large concentration of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and travelers moving back and forth from Zika-infested countries were all likely contributors to the outbreak of the virus in Miami last year, according to a new series …

Zika infections could be factor in more pregnancies – EurekAlert (press release)
05/25/2017
EurekAlert (press release)Zika infections could be factor in more pregnanciesEurekAlert (press release)Zika virus infection passes efficiently from a pregnant monkey to its fetus, spreading inflammatory damage throughout the tissues that support the fetus and the fetus's developing nervous system, and suggesting a wider threat in human pregnancies than …