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More Than Half of Brazilian Women Avoid Pregnancy Due to Zika Fear – WebMD

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THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of young women in Brazil are forgoing pregnancy due to the ongoing Zika epidemic, a new study finds.Since the outbreak began in Brazil, there have been 1,845 confirmed cases of birth defects tied to the mosquito-borne virus.Many involve microcephaly, a malformation where babies are born with abnormally small heads and underdeveloped brains.
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Negative Effects Of Zika During Pregnancy More Common Than Realized

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Scrubs And Superbug Transmission In ICU: What We Still Don't Know Can Kill YouThe rate of birth defects, disability and brain irregularities in babies exposed to the Zika virus is considerably higher than was previously believed—regardless of the mother's symptoms or the trimester she had the infection—found a new study.Since the discovery of the virus's spread to the Americas in 2015, scientists have been learning increasingly more about the harmful effects of Zika infection on fetuses and newborns exposed to the virus in the womb."A troubling aspect of our study is that children were assessed in early infancy, when some subtle neurologic manifestations of disease are difficult to identify," the authors reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Many Brazilian Women Are Avoiding Pregnancy Over Zika Fears

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Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters Andreza Maiara Soares, who is four months pregnant, is seen at her house at a slum in Recife, Brazil, March 2, 2016.LONDON (Reuters) - Brazil should urgently review its reproductive health policies, scientists said on Friday, to support the more than 50 percent of potential mothers who say they want to avoid pregnancy due to fears about the Zika virus.Publishing study results suggesting many women are afraid of Zika, which can cause severe birth defects in the children of women infected while pregnant, the researchers said Brazil should do more to ensure access to safe and effective contraceptives and consider lifting its ban on abortion.
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