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FDA expands Zika screening to all US blood centers

FDA expands Zika screening to all US blood centers

Click photo to enlarge «1»WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration wants all U.S. blood centers to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation's blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus.Friday's advisory means all U.S. states and territories will need to begin testing blood donations for Zika.Previously, the FDA had limited the requirement to Puerto Rico and two Florida counties.


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Zika virus: FDA says all blood donations must be tested for virus

Zika virus: FDA says all blood donations must be tested for virus

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FDA expands Zika screening to all US blood centers

FDA expands Zika screening to all US blood centers

The new advisory means all U.S. states and territories will need to begin testing blood donations for Zika.(Source: Raycom Media)By MATTHEW PERRONEAP Health WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - The government told all U.S. blood banks Friday to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation's blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus.Previously, blood testing was mostly limited to parts of Florida and Puerto Rico, where Zika is spreading.


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FDA recommends local blood donations be tested for Zika

FDA recommends local blood donations be tested for Zika

Updated: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 @ 5:59 PMPublished: Thursday, August 11, 2016 @ 10:01 PMBy: Frazier Smith - Staff Writer, Breaking News StaffDenise Richardson experienced a visceral reaction when she learned the name of the man Dayton police arrested in Wednesday's deadly triple shooting on Oxford Avenue.Muhammad Shabazz Ali, 61, had another name when he pleaded guilty to killing her sister, Angela, and their unborn baby in 1988.Ali — then Robert Ford — was sent to prison for admitting to voluntary manslaughter in the deaths committed in Montgomery County.

Zika virus: FDA says all blood donations must be tested for virus