Baby with Zika virus may have been born in Berkeley

Non-pregnant women, or men, should still use protection to prevent the spread of the virus, though those guidelines vary depending on whether they live in an area where Zika is locally-transmitted.

“We are very pleased that Governor Bentley has approved the use of emergency funds to assist us with combatting Zika in Alabama, State Health Officer Dr. Tom Miller said”.

I think it’s fair to say that most obstetricians had never heard of this virus a year ago.I knew from the get-go that it may end up being nothing, and just an interesting story out of Brazil, or it may end up being a reproductive game changer, which is, I think, where we’re at right now.

“The mosquito that spreads the virus is not found in the United Kingdom, and in any case would not be able to establish in Scotland because of our climate”.

“Summer is in full swing and we continue to read reports of pregnant women exposed to the Zika virus”, Brown said. In addition, another six women with Zika had fetuses with birth defects that resulted in miscarriages, stillbirths or did not survive.

There is no vaccine yet or treatment for infection with Zika virus.

While mild or symptomless in most people, the virus is risky for pregnant women because it’s been tied to birth defects such as microcephaly, a condition where babies are born with abnormally small heads.

Frieden said he came to Miami to see how the state was responding to the first outbreak of locally transmitted Zika in the U.S. Of those 114 infections 21 are pregnant women.

Mosquitos carrying the virus have been found in 12 California counties, but there is no evidence at this time of those mosquitoes transmitting Zika within the state. Scott used the press conference to assure other visitors, particularly tourists, that despite the Zika cases, that they should come to Florida.

Confirmed cases of Zika infection in California residents from 2015 through June 29, 2016 totaled 113, plus one non-resident, according to the CDPH.

For more information about Zika, including symptoms and precautionary measures, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.