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FDA: All blood donations should be tested for Zika
FDA: All blood donations should be tested for Zika
The Food and Drug Administration is now recommending that all blood donations in the U.S. undergo testing for the Zika virus amid mounting concerns about how the disease is spread.The agency's sweeping recommendation Friday underscores concerns within the medical community about the still relatively unknown virus, which has spread rapidly by travel throughout the U.S. this summer.Zika-carrying mosquitoes have also arrived in parts of southern Florida this month.
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FDA recommends screening all blood donations for Zika
FDA recommends screening all blood donations for Zika
Samples of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, responsible for transmitting dengue and Zika, sit in a petri dish at the Fiocruz Institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil, on Jan. 27, 2016.(Photo: Felipe Dana, AP)By Doyle Rice, USA TODAYThe Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended expanding the screening process for all blood donations in the U.S. as a precaution against contaminating the blood supply with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.The new recommendation expands the guidance to all U.S. states and territories.
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FDA suggests testing blood donations for Zika
FDA suggests testing blood donations for Zika
× FDA suggests testing blood donations for ZikaWhile blood banks already test donations for HIV, hepatitis, and other blood-borne viruses, the Food and Drug Administration is asking them to begin screening for the Zika virus.In a release, the FDA suggests that testing will help ensure that the blood available through banks is universally safe.The release reads:As a further safety measure against the emerging Zika virus outbreak, today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a revised guidance recommending universal testing of donated Whole Blood and blood components for Zika virus in the U.S. and its territories.
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FDA recommends screening all blood donations for Zika
FDA recommends screening all blood donations for Zika
Skip Ad Ad Loading... x Embed x Share The FDA recommended expanding the screening process for all blood donations in the U.S. WIBBITZMunicipal workers clean the streets in Miami Beach to control the spread of mosquitoes.Local authorities are taking steps to prevent an outbreak of Zika in the city while they are waiting to confirm Miami Beach as the new zone of the virus transmission.(Photo: CRISTOBAL HERRERA, EPA)The Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended expanding the screening process for all blood donations in the U.S. as a precaution against contaminating the blood supply with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
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