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FDA To Screen All Donated Blood For The Zika Virus
FDA To Screen All Donated Blood For The Zika Virus
By Julie Steenhuysen and Letitia SteinCHICAGO/TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended on Friday that all blood donated in the United States and its territories be tested for Zika virus, as it moves to prevent transmission of the virus through the blood supply.The agency said its decision to expand blood screening in the United States was based on concerns about more cases of local transmission in Florida, the growing number of travel-related infections and concerns that Zika-tainted blood could unwittingly be given to a pregnant woman, putting her unborn baby at risk of severe birth defects."The transfusion of a pregnant woman with blood infected with the Zika virus could have terrible consequences," Peter Marks, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said during a conference call with reporters.
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Preparing For The Zika Virus
Preparing For The Zika Virus
by Robert KennedyGRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin's blood centers, as well as centers across the country, are scrambling.In three months, they'll need to start testing donations for the Zika Virus.The FDA announced the change last week.
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Microcephaly Could Be Just The Tip Of The Effects Of Zika Virus
Microcephaly Could Be Just The Tip Of The Effects Of Zika Virus
Microcephaly Could Be Just The Tip Of The Effects Of Zika VirusThe devastating birth defect microcephaly may be just a warning sign for the range of problems babies will suffer.Rob Stein tells Linda Wertheimer about what else scientists are learning about Zika.LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST:This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News.
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Denton County Taking Zika Virus Fight Door-To-Door « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
Denton County Taking Zika Virus Fight Door-To-Door « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | TwitterDENTON (CBSDFW.COM) – One North Texas city is getting aggressive in the fight against the Zika virus.Firefighters in Denton went door-to-door this weekend asking permission to hand-spray near homes in a neighborhood off Buena Vista, near Teasley and Hickory Creek.Doctor Ken Banks is the Director of Environmental Services and he said the City can't just spray off a truck, up and down the street like can be done for the West Nile virus.
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Montco Teen Wins Award For Project Proposal to Eliminate Zika Virus
Montco Teen Wins Award For Project Proposal to Eliminate Zika Virus
ABINGTON, PA -- An Abington Junior High School is student has been selected as a national award winner for a project proposal to eliminate the Zika virus.Sofiya Lysenko, 14, earned 4th place out of 600 participants and 313 projects from across the nation as part of the Project CS Girls Competition, which works to bring national attention to issues surrounding the gender gap in computer science.Lysenko, mentored by Princeton University sophomore Jennifer Yin, created a vaccine for the Zikavirus with gel electrophoresis and data mining.
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