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CDC adds Palau to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus – Media Statement April 11th, 2025Fannie Foley

CDC adds Palau to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus – Media Statement

April 11, 2025News & UpdatesAdds, Guidance, interim, Media, Palau, related, Statement, Travel, virus, ZikaFannie Foley

CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing spread of Zika virus?. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Palau. CDC has issued travel notices (level 2, “practice enhanced precautions”) for people traveling to destinations with Zika.

CDC adds Montserrat to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus – Media Statement April 5th, 2025Keith Clauson

CDC adds Montserrat to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus – Media Statement

April 5, 2025News & UpdatesAdds, Guidance, interim, Media, Montserrat, related, Statement, Travel, virus, ZikaKeith Clauson

CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing spread of Zika virus?. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Montserrat. CDC has issued travel notices (level 2, “practice enhanced precautions”) for people traveling to destinations with Zika.

Study Finds Zika Virus Replicates and Persists in Fetal Brains and Placentas – Press Release February 17th, 2025Leonard Galloway

Study Finds Zika Virus Replicates and Persists in Fetal Brains and Placentas – Press Release

February 17, 2025News & UpdatesBrains, Fetal, Finds, Persists, Placentas, Press, Release, Replicates, Study, virus, ZikaLeonard Galloway

Zika virus can make thousands of copies of itself in fetuses’ brains and in the placentas of pregnant women, which may help explain how the virus causes devastating birth defects and pregnancy losses even if a woman had only a minor illness.

CDC Issues Zika Virus Guidance for Brownsville, Texas – Media Statement February 15th, 2025Deana Bowman

CDC Issues Zika Virus Guidance for Brownsville, Texas – Media Statement

February 15, 2025News & UpdatesBrownsville, Guidance, Issues, Media, Statement, Texas, virus, ZikaDeana Bowman

CDC has issued Zika-related travel and testing guidance for Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, following reports from Texas public health officials of five cases spread locally by mosquitoes. This information suggests that there may be a risk of continued spread of Zika virus and therefore pregnant women are at some risk for Zika virus infection. CDC … Continue reading CDC Issues Zika Virus Guidance for Brownsville, Texas – Media Statement →

CDC Releases Preliminary Estimates of Birth Defects Following Zika Virus Infection in Pregnancy – Press Release February 13th, 2025Norma Pinero

CDC Releases Preliminary Estimates of Birth Defects Following Zika Virus Infection in Pregnancy – Press Release

February 13, 2025News & UpdatesBirth, defects, Estimates, Following, infection, Pregnancy, Preliminary, Press, Release, releases, virus, ZikaNorma Pinero

In a new report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, CDC scientists used preliminary data from the US Zika Pregnancy Registry (USZPR) to estimate that 6 percent of completed pregnancies following Zika virus infection were affected by one or more birth defects potentially related to Zika virus infection during pregnancy.

CDC Assisting Illinois and Wisconsin Investigation of Seoul Virus Outbreak Associated with Home-based Rat-Breeding Facilities – Media Statement December 13th, 2024Loren Pittman

CDC Assisting Illinois and Wisconsin Investigation of Seoul Virus Outbreak Associated with Home-based Rat-Breeding Facilities – Media Statement

December 13, 2024News & UpdatesAssisting, Associated, Facilities, HomeBased, Illinois, Investigation, Media, Outbreak, RatBreeding, Seoul, Statement, virus, WisconsinLoren Pittman

Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working with the Illinois Department of Health and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to investigate cases of Seoul virus infections among eight people who worked at several rat-breeding facilities in the two states.

CDC adds 4 countries to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus – Media Statement September 19th, 2024Lynn Donnell

CDC adds 4 countries to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus – Media Statement

September 19, 2024News & UpdatesAdds, Countries, Guidance, interim, Media, related, Statement, Travel, virus, ZikaLynn Donnell

CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing spread of Zika virus?. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Maldives and Solomon Islands.

CDC Recommends Updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 and Flu Vaccines for Fall/Winter Virus Season July 5th, 2024Joyce Mackenzie

CDC Recommends Updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 and Flu Vaccines for Fall/Winter Virus Season

July 5, 2024News & Updates20242025, COVID19, Fall/Winter, Recommends, season, Updated, Vaccines, virusJoyce Mackenzie

Today, CDC recommended the updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines and the updated 2024-2025 flu vaccines to protect against severe COVID-19 and flu this fall and winter.

CDC identifies potential risk of Zika virus transmission since June 15, 2016, in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties – Media Statement June 10th, 2024Debra Boyland

CDC identifies potential risk of Zika virus transmission since June 15, 2016, in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties – Media Statement

June 10, 2024News & Updates2016, Beach, Broward, Counties, identifies, June, Media, MiamiDade, Palm, Potential, Risk, Since, Statement, transmission, virus, ZikaDebra Boyland

CDC has identified a potential risk of Zika virus transmission starting on June, 15, 2016, to present in Miami-Dade County, Florida, that also could affect risk for residents of Broward and Palm Beach counties.

CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – Zika Virus – Transcript May 29th, 2024Susan Rudolph

CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – Zika Virus – Transcript

May 29, 2024News & UpdatesReport, Signs, Telebriefing, Transcript, virus, Vital, ZikaSusan Rudolph

New Vital Signs Report – Possible Zika virus infections in 44 U.S. states: What can healthcare providers do to help protect pregnant women and their babies?