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FDA Says All Blood Donations Should Be Tested For Zika : Shots

FDA Says All Blood Donations Should Be Tested For Zika : Shots

Blood Donations Should Be Screened For Zika, FDA SaysEnlarge this image toggle caption Toby Talbot/AP Toby Talbot/APThe Food and Drug Administration is recommending that blood banks screen all blood donations in the U.S. for the Zika virus.It's a major expansion from a Feb. 16 advisory that limited such screening to areas with active Zika virus transmission.In a statement released Friday, the FDA says all those areas are currently in compliance with blood screening, but that expanded testing is now needed.


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FDA recommends Zika testing for all blood donated in U.S.

FDA recommends Zika testing for all blood donated in U.S.

An edes aegypti mosquito is seen inside a test tube as part of a research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases at a control and prevention center in Guadalupe, neighbouring Monterrey, Mexico, March 8, 2016.REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File PhotoCHICAGO/TAMPA, Fla.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended on Friday that all blood donated in the United States and its territories be tested for Zika virus, as it moves to prevent transmission of the virus through the blood supply.


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Theranos Halts New Zika Test After FDA Inspection

Theranos Halts New Zika Test After FDA Inspection

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes at Glamour's Women of the Year Awards last November in New York.Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty ImagesTheranos Inc. withdrew its request for emergency clearance of a Zika-virus blood test after federal regulators found that the company didn't include proper patient safeguards in a study of the new test, said people familiar with the matter.The move is another setback for the Palo Alto, Calif., company as it tries to recover from crippling regulatory sanctions that followed revelations by The Wall Street Journal of shortcomings in Theranos's technology and operations.

FDA Says All Blood Donations Should Be Tested For Zika : Shots