CDC: All pregnant women should be assessed for Zika exposure

[Eugene]

Source: USA Today

CDC: All pregnant women should be assessed for Zika exposure

Liz Szabo, USA TODAY 4:49 p.m. EDT August 1, 2016

All pregnant women in the U.S. should be assessed for possible Zika exposure during every prenatal visit, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday

The advice from the CDC came as federal health officials also urged women who are pregnant or are considering becoming pregnant to avoid a Miami neighborhood that is the site of a Zika outbreak. Zika can cause catastrophic birth defects in developing fetuses, including microcephaly, which results in an abnormally small skull and, in most cases, incomplete brain development.

The CDC has warned pregnant women since January to avoid areas with Zika outbreaks. Until now, those travel warnings were limited to foreign countries and U.S. territories, such as Brazil and Puerto Rico.

Now, the CDC warns pregnant women to avoid the Wynwood neighborhood in Miami, where 14 people have been infected with Zika. That move appears to be unprecedented in CDC history.

Pregnant women don't automatically needed to best tested for Zika.

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[Warpy]

1. That's a bit premature

but certainly all women in the swampy south and up parts of the east coast could benefit.

They might test their husbands, also, since it's an STD.