FDA advises testing for Zika virus in all donated blood and blood components in the US : fda

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FDA advises testing for Zika virus in all donated blood and blood components in the US

FDA advises testing for Zika virus in all donated blood and blood components in the US

EspañolPortuguêsAs a further safety measure against the emerging Zika virus outbreak, today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a revised guidance recommending universal testing of donated Whole Blood and blood components for Zika virus in the U.S. and its territories."There is still much uncertainty regarding the nature and extent of Zika virus transmission," said Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research."At this time, the recommendation for testing the entire blood supply will help ensure that safe blood is available for all individuals who might need transfusion."The FDA first issued guidance on Feb. 16 recommending that only areas with active Zika virus transmission screen donated Whole Blood and blood components for Zika virus, use pathogen-reduction devices, or halt blood collection and obtain Whole Blood and blood components from areas of the U.S. without active virus transmission.


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Pregnant women must protects themselves, fetuses from Zika virus

Pregnant women must protects themselves, fetuses from Zika virus

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What scientists know — or mostly don't know — about the Zika virus

What scientists know — or mostly don't know — about the Zika virus

For nearly 70 years, scientists have known of the existence of an obscure mosquito-borne virus that has gradually spread from its birthplace in Africa to the Indian subcontinent, East Asia and even some far-flung islands in the Pacific.But few of those infected got sick, and most of those who did suffered no more than a mild fever and a rash.And so it wasn't until Zika exploded with previously unseen speed and severity across Brazil and the rest of South America in 2015 that the world — and researchers — began to pay the virus much heed.


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Floridians grade state's fight against Zika virus as fair-to-poor

Floridians grade state's fight against Zika virus as fair-to-poor

Rick Scott hosting another day of Zika virus round tables today, state officials are getting mostly fair to poor marks for how they're handling the outbreak, a new poll shows.Mason-Dixon Polling & Research said Monday that 22 percent of Floridians say the state is doing a poor job in trying to control the spread of the virus, while another 37 percent rated the effort as fair.While 35 percent statewide called the state's performance good or excellent, in South Florida that dips to 29 percent.


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Baby born with Zika virus is medical mystery

Baby born with Zika virus is medical mystery

MIAMI -- Eight-week-old Micaela was exposed to the Zika virus in the womb, but does not have microcephaly, the birth defect marked by an abnormally small head and brain."She looks normal to me, but the doctors say she's not," said her mother, Maria Fernanda Ramirez Bolivar.Ramirez Bolivar contracted the Zika virus​ in her native Venezuela when she was three months pregnant.