It’s been over a year since the World Health Organization declared the association of Zika infection with microcephaly and other neurological disorders as a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern.” A lot has happened since then including several confirmed cases in the United States. In April 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report of babies born in the US whose mothers possibly had been infected with Zika virus. Dr. Meiling Parker, maternal-fetal medicine specialist with Minnesota Perinatal Physicians, a part of Allina Health, is here to give the latest update on Zika virus and what women and men who are planning for a family should know.
