New Jersey – First Local Baby With Zika Virus Born In Area

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    New Jersey – A New Jersey doctor says a baby born to a mother with the Zika (ZEE’-kuh) virus appears to be affected by the disease.

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    Officials at Hackensack University Medical Center say the 31-year-old woman from Honduras delivered the baby girl through a cesarean section Tuesday.

    Dr. Abdulla Al-Khan, the hospital’s director of maternal-fetal medicine and surgery, says the mother came to the U.S. to seek treatment after Zika symptoms were discovered. He says the virus was later confirmed.

    Al-Khan says an ultrasound last week revealed birth defects, including microcephaly (my-kroh-SEF’-uh-lee), in which the baby’s head is smaller than expected because the brain hasn’t developed properly.

    The doctor says the baby looks “completely Zika-affected,” but confirmation of the virus in the infant is pending testing.

    A baby in Hawaii was born with microcephaly related to Zika earlier this year.


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    7 years ago

    Nebech. Hopefully the Yidden won’t bury their heads in the sand and think that the Zeka Virus can’t infect them, because it most certainly can.

    achimbayachad
    achimbayachad
    7 years ago

    I had my baby there, they have the top doctors like Dr. yaakov abdelhak and Jonathan Ratzersdorfer who are known to be the best of the best,