Monday, August 1, 2016

Fearing Zika, FDA Asks Two Florida Counties to Halt Blood Donations

After travel and sexual transmissions were ruled out for four Zika cases in Florida counties of Miami-Dade and Broward, fears of infected mosquitos in the United States are mounting. Because the virus does not present symptoms in many cases, it is possible that more people are infected – and may have donated blood after being bitten. The FDA has issued a warning that blood collections in the counties should not resume until they are able to properly test the blood and screen donors; they also recommend that neighboring and other at-risk counties consider taking the same actions.

Read NPR's article on it here.

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