If you are pregnant and plan to travel, there is a health alert you need to be aware of.Mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus have been found in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel alert for pregnant women traveling to 14 countries.The countries include Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.According to the CDC, there is no cure for or vaccine against the Zika virus. If a woman becomes infected while pregnant, the baby could develop microcephaly, which would cause serious birth defects such as a shrunken head and problems with brain function.A baby in Hawaii has been diagnosed. It is the first case linked to Zika in the United States.Symptoms for an infected adult include fever, rash, joint pain and conjunctivitis.If you must travel to areas within the CDC travel alert, discuss the travel with your doctor.Women who are actively trying to become pregnant should also check with their doctor before traveling to any of the areas included in the alert.For more information on the alert, follow this link: http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/s0315-zika-virus-travel.html

If you are pregnant and plan to travel, there is a health alert you need to be aware of.

Mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus have been found in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel alert for pregnant women traveling to 14 countries.


The countries include Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

According to the CDC, there is no cure for or vaccine against the Zika virus. If a woman becomes infected while pregnant, the baby could develop microcephaly, which would cause serious birth defects such as a shrunken head and problems with brain function.

A baby in Hawaii has been diagnosed. It is the first case linked to Zika in the United States.

Symptoms for an infected adult include fever, rash, joint pain and conjunctivitis.

If you must travel to areas within the CDC travel alert, discuss the travel with your doctor.

Women who are actively trying to become pregnant should also check with their doctor before traveling to any of the areas included in the alert.

For more information on the alert, follow this link: http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/s0315-zika-virus-travel.html