Airlines to offer refunds or cancellations due to Zika virus

Up to six out of 10 pregnancies in Latin America are unplanned, although estimates vary. And some insect repellants – DEET, for example – come with a long list of warnings.

Some people have argued that women have little choice over their pregnancies, as abortion and contraception are not widely available in the region.

“You’ve seen what dengue has done to this country”, he said in the House of Assembly. “Really, there’s not any strength of evidence indicating that DEET is harmful to a fetus or harmful to a person”, Barr said.

Because it’s new in this part of the world, Levine said, there’s a lot we don’t know. And there are limited studies looking specifically at pregnant women.

The Zika virus is an injection which is spread through the bite of an injected mosquito.

Common symptoms, which usually last up to a week, include fever, rash, joint pain or red eyes.

The virus originally spread to the Western Hemisphere several months ago and has continually gotten worse, Matthew Aliota, UW School of Veterinary Medicine researcher and lead author of the study, said.

There is no vaccine or cure for the Zika virus.

The Zika virus has had no impact on the company’s flight operations or to services to the destinations concerned, Air France said.

An estimated 80 percent of people infected have no symptoms.

She also said anyone with questions or concerns should contact their doctor.

There are plant-based mosquito repellants, such as oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE) and citronella, but these tend to have limited effectiveness because they evaporate quickly. An investigation into the relationship between the Zika virus and increased risk for microcephaly is ongoing. “While no cases have been reported in North Carolina to date, incoming reports indicate that the virus has been actively transmitted in certain U.S. territories, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and has been identified in returning travelers in other states”.

No cases have been reported in ME, but doctors are anxious.

Maria Garcia, a medical provider who has worked in Mexican hospitals, testified that women in labor are pressured to choose birth control by being given the option of an intra-uterine device (IUD) or sterilization.

The Zika virus is believed to be linked to severe birth defects.

United, on its website, included a link to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s information on Zika, which now is present in nine countries in South America, eight locales in the Caribbean, Mexico and four nations in Central America. So, the advice to pregnant women and women who may be trying to conceive is to postpone travel to those areas.

About a dozen of his clients this week canceled cruises and other trips because of the virus. “If we do have that happen, it would probably be in the southern areas, such as Florida”. The Zika virus can be found in 20 Western Hemisphere countries.