Update May 2018

The warm weather is here and more than a dozen cases of Zika Virus have already been reported in the U.S. this year. Zika remains a public health threat especially to pregnant women and their unborn children. There are several researchers working on vaccines, so in the future that may offer hope for pregnant women. For now, the CDC recommends that pregnant women and women trying to get pregnant or who may wish to become pregnant:

• Should not travel to any area with Zika.
• Women that must travel to, or live in an area with Zika virus, should talk with healthcare providers and strictly follow steps to prevent mosquito bites
• Women with a male partner(s) who lives in, or has traveled to an area with Zika, should abstain or properly use condoms every time they have sex
• Before women or male partner(s) travel, talk to healthcare providers about plans to become pregnant and the risk of Zika virus infection
• Women and male partner(s) should strictly follow steps to prevent mosquito bites

For more information and tools visit https://www.cdc.gov/zika/about/needtoknow.html