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What Health Care Providers Can Do About Zika

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Zika expert says there's still a lot unknown, but clinicians should be asking and thinking about Zika
July 27, 2016
Matt O'Connor
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Zika expert says there's still a lot unknown, but clinicians should be asking and thinking about Zika.
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5 Things You Should Know About Zika

With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recent confirmation of Zika as a cause of microcephaly, here is pertinent information about the virus, as well as facts and guidelines from the CDC and the World Health Organization.
April 14, 2016
Matt O'Connor
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With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recent confirmation of Zika as a cause of microcephaly, here is pertinent information about the virus, as well as facts and guidelines from the CDC and the World Health Organization.
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Working Toward a Zika Vaccine Before it Hits the U.S. Mainland

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is pursuing two approaches for a vaccine.
January 29, 2016
Matt O'Connor
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The Zika virus has been confirmed in more than 20 countries in South and Central America, including cases in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday described measures being taken to understand and treat the continuous spread of the Zika virus before it can become prevalent in the United States.


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