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The CDC says it has administered 8 million vaccine doses in the United States and distributed an additional 25.5 million doses.
2021-01-11

Texas confirms its first case of locally transmitted Zika virus by mosquitoes, becoming the second U.S. state to report a local transmission of the virus after Florida. The Texas Department of State Health Services says the case involves a woman living in Cameron County, who is not pregnant.
2016-11-28

Thailand authorities investigate what could be the first cases of Zika virus-linked microcephaly in Southeast Asia.
2016-09-27

The Zika virus outbreak in Singapore which has infected over 200 people likely evolved from Southeast Asia.
2016-09-4

The World Health Organization advises women in areas where the Zika virus is prevalent to delay pregnancies.
2016-06-9

Health officials are concerned about the spread of the Zika virus in Haiti, which suffered the worst epidemic of cholera in recent history following the deadly 2010 Haiti earthquake. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there are 2,214 suspected cases as of April 23. But new research indicates the virus has been present since 2014. The actual infection rate remains unknown since the poor, densely populated nation lacks routine data systems that can track and document disease outbreaks.
2016-05-23

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports at that least 270 pregnant women in the United States are infected with the Zika virus.
2016-05-20

The World Health Organization cautions pregnant women against traveling to areas where there is ongoing transmission of Zika virus, echoing earlier alerts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other health agencies in areas where virus infection has been prevalent. Director General Margaret Chan says evidence strongly suggests sexual transmission is more common than previously assumed.
2016-03-8

The first Zika virus case is confirmed in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.
2016-03-1

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating 14 cases where the Zika virus may have been sexually transmitted.
2016-02-23