All blood in the U.S. should be screened for Zika, FDA says

Friday, August 26, 2016 - 15:01 in Health & Medicine

All blood donated in the U.S. should be screened for Zika to prevent the virus from spreading through transfusions, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The new guidance should be implemented “immediately” in states and territories where the virus is already being spread by mosquitoes,...

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