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Hawaii Department of Health Reports First Case Of Zika Virus In The U.S.
gizmodo ^ | 01/16/2016 | Andrew Liptak

Posted on 01/16/2016 3:03:37 PM PST by BenLurkin

Just days after the Center for Disease Control recommended travel warnings to pregnant women headed to Latin America, the Hawaiian Department of Health has confirmed a Zika "virus infection in a baby r"ecently born with microcephaly in a hospital on Oahu.

The release stressed that this case wasn't acquired in the United States: the mother was pregnant in Brazil in May 2015, when the virus was transmitted. Neither the infant or the mother are contagious.

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TOPICS: US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: birthdefects; hawaii; zika; zikavirus

1 posted on 01/16/2016 3:03:37 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Zika virus

I bet that Joe Scarborough will get it next. He sits next to her on that show all the time.
2 posted on 01/16/2016 3:07:29 PM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: BenLurkin

Zikes!!!


3 posted on 01/16/2016 3:19:51 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: BenLurkin

This can probably been detected within the womb. Some parents will continue the pregnancy anyway, while others decide differently.


4 posted on 01/16/2016 3:25:54 PM PST by lee martell
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To: BenLurkin

DDT!
Just do it!


5 posted on 01/16/2016 3:35:41 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT (BINGO!)
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