With little gudiance about caring for Zika patients, hospitals are planning on their own

August 19, 2016

As many of you know I have been advocating (unsuccessfully) for the designation of Zika Regional Referral Centers (ZRRFs). Perhaps this article from STAT will convince policy makers that it is time to stage Zika hospital preparedness. With little known about Zika virus, hospitals scramble to stay ahead By Andrew Joseph https://www.statnews.com/2016/08/17/hospitals-zika-virus-disease-birth-defects/ “The threat of

The ER clerk asked me “How do you spell Zika?

August 13, 2016

CDC’s revised Zika Interim Response Plan (July) states: ”Neither vaccines nor proven clinical treatments are expected to be available to treat or prevent virus infections before local transmission begins within CONUS or Hawaii.”; “Scientific understanding of Zika virus continues to evolve, and new characteristics of the virus and how it is spread may arise.” (A)