Zika transmission

Update news Zika transmission

U.S. health officials update Zika transmission and testing guidance

 U.S. health officials issued updated recommendations for preventing and testing for Zika infection on Monday, warning that the virus can be transmitted through unprotected sex with an infected female partner.

Zika mystery widens as Utah caregiver contracts virus

 U.S. health officials are investigating the mysterious case of a person in Utah who contracted Zika while caring for an elderly man infected with the virus who died last month.

Women in areas with Zika transmission should delay pregnancy: WHO

 The World Health Organization is advising women living in areas where the Zika virus is being transmitted to delay getting pregnant, advice already given by several countries where the virus is in widespread transmission.