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Federal health officials are debating whether to warn pregnant women against travel to Brazil and other Latin American and Caribbean countries where mosquitoes are spreading the Zika virus, which has been linked to brain damage in newborn babies.

January 14th, 2016

Zika Virus fact sheet - What you need to know. Zika is a virus spread through Aedes species mosquito bites. Aedes mosquitoes also spread dengue and chkungunya viruses. A risk to anyone traveling to a region of the world where Zika virus is found.

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Federal health officials are debating whether to warn pregnant women against travel to Brazil and other Latin American and Caribbean countries where mosquitoes are spreading the Zika virus, which has been linked to brain damage in newborn babies.

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