Tag Archives: Zika

CDC updates guidance for Little River (FL) area with active Zika transmission – Media Statement March 9th, 2025Lawrence Gordon

CDC updates guidance for Little River (FL) area with active Zika transmission – Media Statement

March 9, 2025News & UpdatesActive, Area, Guidance, Little, Media, River, Statement, transmission, Updates, ZikaLawrence Gordon

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated Zika guidance for people who travel to or live in the previously identified 1-square-mile area of Little River in Miami-Dade County, FL.

CDC updates Zika guidance for South Miami Beach (FL) area – Media Statement February 19th, 2025Richard Grissett

CDC updates Zika guidance for South Miami Beach (FL) area – Media Statement

February 19, 2025News & UpdatesArea, Beach, Guidance, Media, Miami, South, Statement, Updates, ZikaRichard Grissett

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated guidance for people who travel to or live in the previously identified area of South Miami Beach, FL. This area is no longer considered to be an area of active Zika virus transmission (red area). It is now designated as a Zika cautionary area (yellow … Continue reading CDC updates Zika guidance for South Miami Beach (FL) area – Media Statement →

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 Highlights Significant Contributions in the Fight against Zika in 2016 – Press Release February 11th, 2025Hugh Upton

CDC Highlights Significant Contributions in the Fight against Zika in 2016 – Press Release

February 11, 2025News & Updates2016, Against, Contributions, Fight, Highlights, Press, Release, Significant, ZikaHugh Upton

Seventy years after CDC was founded to fight mosquitoes that carried malaria, CDC found itself entrenched in combat with another mosquito-borne illness, Zika virus.

CDC awards nearly $184 million to continue the fight against Zika – Press Release February 11th, 2025Edith Reed

CDC awards nearly $184 million to continue the fight against Zika – Press Release

February 11, 2025News & Updates$184, Against, Awards, Continue, Fight, Million, Nearly, Press, Release, ZikaEdith Reed

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today it is awarding nearly $184 million in funding to states, territories, local jurisdictions, and universities to support efforts to protect Americans from Zika virus infection and associated adverse health outcomes, including microcephaly and other serious birth defects.

CDC study estimates 20-fold increase in certain types of birth defects in pregnancies with possible Zika infection compared with pre-Zika years – Media Statement October 17th, 2024Eldridge Nelson

CDC study estimates 20-fold increase in certain types of birth defects in pregnancies with possible Zika infection compared with pre-Zika years – Media Statement

October 17, 2024News & Updates20fold, Birth, Certain, compared, defects, Estimates, increase, infection, Media, Possible, pregnancies, preZika, Statement, Study, Types, years, ZikaEldridge Nelson

The proportion of Zika-affected pregnancies with birth defects is approximately 20-fold higher compared with the proportion of pregnancies seen in 2013-2014, which is before Zika was introduced into the Americas, according to an article published today in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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.

Level 2 – Zika in the state of Maharashtra, India September 1st, 2024Mary Moore

Level 2 – Zika in the state of Maharashtra, India

September 1, 2024News & UpdatesIndia, Level, Maharashtra, State, ZikaMary Moore

There is an outbreak of Zika in the state of Maharashtra, India. All travelers to Maharashtra should take steps to prevent mosquito bites and sexual transmission of Zika virus during and after travel.