Renata Cristina da Costa, left, spreads repellent on her daughter Tamires da Costa, 16, who’s four months pregnant, at their home in the Parque Sao Bento a shantytown of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 29, 2016.
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President Obama on Monday announced that he was seeking the emergency funding from Congress to combat the Zika virus through mosquito control programs, vaccine development, public education programs and improving health care for low-income pregnant women.
Just this week, the Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed that two of those cases are women from the Keystone State. Outbreaks also have been reported in parts of Africa, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas.
Some small USA companies are getting an influx in calls – and in some cases, unexpected business- due to fears about the Zika virus.
“Pregnant women and their newborns are particularly vulnerable and need our help”, Buchanan said.
CDC spokesman Tom Skinner said he was aware of only two miscarriages.
The CDC’s list of countries for the travel history has expanded, which broadly involves Latin America, and the patients are asked about their travel over the last 21 days, Kruedelbach said.
The association between the Zika virus and birth abnormalities continues to be strengthened, leading health officials to stress travel and safe sex precautions for women who are pregnant or want to get pregnant.
Five cases of the disease have been confirmed in the city, health officials said.
“We don’t know the basics of how and where the virus replicates, what sort of immune response the body mounts to the virus and under what circumstances the virus causes diseases”, says David O’Connor, a member of the research team. The Sunset Travel Agency is filled with brochures for sunny vacation spots on beaches in Mexico and South America, and Ryan Roman is booking plenty of trips to those places.
The World Health Organization declared an worldwide public health emergency last week, warning that the virus is strongly suspected to be the cause of a cluster of cases of microcephaly.
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) co-sponsored legislation on Tuesday that would direct unspent federal dollars to fight the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The department is facilitating testing of people, especially pregnant women who have traveled to Zika-prone areas.
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Researchers from Slovenia discovered traces of Zika in the brain tissue of a foetus whose mother became infected with the virus during the 13th week of her pregnancy.
