"NYC Urges Pregnant Women To Avoid Zika-Affected Areas After 32 Babies Test Positive For Disease" - Ayana Harry
NYC Urges Pregnant Women To Avoid Zika-Affected Areas After 32 Babies Test Positive For Disease -Ayana Harry
New York City health officials are launching a campaign to urge women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant to avoid travel to countries with the Zika virus, many of which are in the Caribbean and South America. Fahimeh Sasan , DO, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, changed her plans of traveling to the Caribbean after recently having a baby. But her concern goes beyond her newborn. "With the summer travel season beginning this weekend, the threat of Zika is strongest in vacation hotspots and countries where many New Yorkers have family ties," said Dr. Sasan.
- Fahimeh Sasan, DO, Assistant Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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