{"id":45673,"date":"2016-05-13T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T18:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/statement-of-dr-edward-r-b-mccabe-chief-medical-officer-march-of-dimes-on-first-case-of-zika-related-microcephaly-in-puerto-rico\/"},"modified":"2016-05-13T16:30:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T20:30:03","slug":"declaracion-del-dr-edward-r-b-mccabe-director-medico-de-march-of-dimes-sobre-el-primer-caso-de-microcefalia-relacionada-con-el-virus-del-zika-en-puerto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/declaracion-del-dr-edward-r-b-mccabe-director-medico-de-march-of-dimes-sobre-el-primer-caso-de-microcefalia-relacionada-con-el-virus-del-zika-en-puerto-rico\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement Of Dr. Edward R.B. McCabe, Chief Medical Officer, March Of Dimes On First Case Of Zika-Related Microcephaly In Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 13, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The March of Dimes released today the following statement from Chief Medical Officer Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Edward R.B. McCabe<\/span> regarding first reported case of microcephaly caused by Zika virus exposure in an infant born in <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our hearts go out to the family whose infant developed severe microcephaly because the mother was infected with Zika virus during pregnancy.\u00a0 To our knowledge this is the first child with microcephaly caused by Zika in <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150409\/197662LOGO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150409\/197662LOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sadly, this is not likely to be the last case of Zika-caused microcephaly in the United States.\u00a0 As summer approaches, there is a very real threat that Zika virus could gain a foothold in the United States.\u00a0 If that happens, great numbers of pregnant women and women of childbearing age will be at risk for Zika infection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The March of Dimes and a coalition of dozens of prominent health-related organizations have called upon the U.S. Congress to provide emergency funding immediately to combat Zika virus.\u00a0 With every passing week of delay, it becomes less likely that funds \u2013 even if passed \u2013 can make a meaningful difference this summer.\u00a0 Puerto Rican authorities are doing the best they can with the limited resources available to them, but we are seeing the consequences of political indecision on the public&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The dreadful consequences of inaction will be borne by the most vulnerable:\u00a0 our nation&#8217;s infants and their families.\u00a0 Once again, the March of Dimes urges Congress to act immediately to provide the resources needed to prevent the Zika virus from becoming endemic in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>About March of Dimes<br \/><\/i><\/b>The March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. For more than 75 years, moms and babies have benefited from March of Dimes research, education, vaccines, and breakthroughs. <\/p>\n<p>For the latest resources and health information, visit our websites <a href=\"http:\/\/marchofdimes.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">marchofdimes.org<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/nacersano.marchofdimes.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">nacersano.org<\/a>. To participate in our annual signature fundraising event, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marchforbabies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">marchforbabies.org<\/a>.\u00a0If you have been affected by prematurity or birth defects, visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/share.marchofdimes.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">shareyourstory.org<\/a> community to find comfort and support. For detailed national, state and local perinatal statistics, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/marchofdimes.org\/peristats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">persistats.org<\/a>. You can also find us on <a href=\"http:\/\/on.fb.me\/1lNRI8K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> or follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1qlIXEX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 13, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The March of Dimes released today the following statement from Chief Medical Officer Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Edward R.B. McCabe<\/span> regarding first reported case of microcephaly caused by Zika virus exposure in an infant born in <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our hearts go out to the family whose infant developed severe microcephaly because the mother was infected with Zika virus during pregnancy.\u00a0 To our&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}