CDC urges pregnant women who have visited Florida county to get tested for Zika

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Pregnant women who have visited any part of Florida's Miami-Dade County since August 1 are being urged by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get tested for Zika virus.

The CDC made its recommendation on Wednesday after state officials determined last week that a one-square-mile zone in Miami's Little River neighborhood is home to mosquitoes that are spreading the virus, which can cause severe birth defects. The Florida Department of Health says that this year, 173 people in the county have contracted the virus from mosquitoes.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.