CDC Reports 279 Pregnant Women With Zika In U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  say that health officials are monitoring nearly 300 pregnant women infected with the Zika virus across the U.S. and its territories. RT reports: Health officials are keeping tabs on 157 pregnant women who have been infected within the 50 US states, the CDC said on Friday. That is more than three times higher than the CDC previously reported on May 11, when it said that 48 pregnant women in the US had the virus. Even taking that surge into account, the areas most at risk are in US territories such as Puerto Rico, where 122 pregnant women are infected. The overall number of infected pregnant women in the US and its territories now stands at 279, far higher than the roughly 110 reported on May 11. US reports first Zika death as FDA approves emergency test for virushttps://t.co/V5dYZdr2pC pic.twitter.com/KJEri6AtHZ — RT America (@RT_America) April 30, 2016 According to the CDC, the increase in numbers is not due to a spike in the spread of Zika, but rather to changes in the way officials are now reporting the disease and trying to manage it. Previously, the CDC only counted women who had Zika symptoms – [...]