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  • ​First baby born with Zika-linked microcephaly at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey - mother from Honduras traveled to US in hopes of receiving better medical care

    First baby born with Zika-linked microcephaly in New York tri-state area

    Published May 31, 2016 FoxNews.com

    The unidentified baby was born Tuesday at Hackensack University Medical Center where doctors confirmed she is suffering from Zika-linked microcephaly.
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    The mother, who is 31 but whose name was not disclosed, contracted the Zika virus while in Honduras and was admitted to the emergency room at Hackensack on Friday while vacationing in the United States. Tuesday, doctors delivered her baby girl, who was born also with intestinal and visual issues. Reports indicate she is the first child born with Zika-linked complications in the New York tri-state area.
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    Doctors at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey confirmed Tuesday the birth of a child suffering from Zika-linked microcephaly, a condition wherein the child's brain and head are partially developed.
    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela

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    More from the link above:

    Doctors in Honduras suspected intracranial complications with the child in utero...

    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela

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    • #3
      Baby born in N.J. with defect related to Zika virus

      Steph Solis, USA TODAY 9:08 p.m. EDT May 31, 2016
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      Doctors delivered the baby girl at 36 weeks after the mother, who was visiting the United States from Honduras, was admitted to the hospital's high-risk unit, Dr. Manny Alvarez told USA TODAY. The child also has intestinal and visual issues.

      "The baby apparently had been not developing properly over the last month or so," said Alvarez, who is also senior managing health editor at FoxNews.com. "This patient came in on Friday for the first time ... and my team decided that it was appropriate now to deliver the baby."

      The 31-year-old mother, who was not identified, showed no symptoms in Honduras other than a rash, FoxNews.com reported. Doctors in her home country suspected, however, that she had cranial complications...

      "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
      -Nelson Mandela

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      • #4
        New Jersey doc: Baby born to mom with Zika looks 'affected'

        Published Wednesday, June 1, 2016 7:57AM EDT
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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.
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        The doctor says the baby looks "completely Zika-affected," but confirmation of the virus in the infant is pending testing.

        A Honduran woman infected with Zika gave birth in New Jersey to a baby girl with birth defects caused by the virus, her doctor said Wednesday.
        "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
        -Nelson Mandela

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        • #5
          Baby with Zika-related microcephaly born at New Jersey hospital

          By Debra Goldschmidt, CNN
          Updated 8:54 AM ET, Wed June 1, 2016
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          The mother, who has relatives in New Jersey, traveled to the United States from Honduras in hopes of receiving better medical care because she knew her baby may have Zika-related problems, according to Al-Khan.

          Doctors believe she was infected during the second trimester of her pregnancy. She experienced a fever and rash, both symptoms of the mosquito-borne disease, which is known to cause the devastating birth defect microcephaly and other neurological disorders.

          "When she developed the symptoms, she was seen by an OBGYN who suspected the baby was growth restricted," he said.
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          The samples were sent to the CDC and results confirming the diagnosis of the virus came back Tuesday, according to Al-Khan.

          However, he said, that was not a factor in the mother undergoing a cesarean section to deliver.
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          The mother was close to full-term in her pregnancy.

          "There were a few reasons the baby needed to be delivered today, including low amniotic fluid," he said.
          ...

          http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/01/health...ly-new-jersey/
          "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
          -Nelson Mandela

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          • #6
            'Difficult' day for mother who gave birth to baby with Zika-related birth defect

            on June 01, 2016 at 2:39 PM, updated June 01, 2016 at 2:57 PM

            HACKENSACK -...
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            Al-Khan stressed that neither the baby nor the mother pose an infectious risk to others.
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            Al-Khan and Piwoz downplayed the issue of the woman coming to the United States for what will be a complicated and costly experience with the baby girl.

            "We will never say no to patient care," he said.

            Piwoz said the ultimate cost of her care will be determined by how serious the baby's abnormalities are.

            Rather than focusing on the cost, they stressed the need for local, state and federal health authorities to come together to fight Zika.
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            The baby's mother had been receiving prenatal care in Honduras, said Manny Alvarez, chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Hackensack.

            The baby's grandmother, a microbiologist, noticed her daughter had developed a rash from mosquito bites and sent a sample of her daughter's blood to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The test confirmed the expectant mother had been exposed to the Zika virus, he said.
            ...

            "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
            -Nelson Mandela

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            • #7

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              "We will do everything for her" father of Honduran baby with microcephaly

              June 2, 2016 / 8:45 a.m. / C?sar Andr? Panting

              The girl suffers serious consequences. His father admitted to Diario La Prensa that no longer have more resources.

              A Honduran baby was born with microcephaly yesterday in the US, condition, according to doctors, was caused after his mother was infected with the virus during pregnancy Zika.

              The child's parents are Honduran and reside in San Pedro Sula, but the small hospital was born in Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, a city that traveled the mother using all their savings.

              The health status of the baby is delicate and the aftermath of the devastating zika.

              "The baby was born prematurely, underweight. Suffers severe microcephaly. Your condition may bring to seizures, developmental delay, hearing loss and severe mental disability. The baby also has intestinal and visual problems, "said Manny Alvarez, head of obstetrics and gynecology at Hackensack Hospital.

              Microcephaly is a birth defect in which the size of the baby's head is smaller than normal and often cause brain atrophy.

              Microcephaly can be caused in fetuses of women in their pregnancy they are infected zika, Honduras virus that has already affected more than 19,000 people, of which 291 are pregnant women.

              The zika is a virus usually transmitted by the bite of the mosquito Aedes aegypti (the same that transmits dengue and chikungunya), but can also be through sexual intercourse with an infected person or pregnant woman to her fetus person.

              The zika is real

              The father of the little newspaper La Prensa spoke about his daughter.

              "We will do everything for her. No matter the sacrifices. It is our daughter, "he said and admitted that they have run out of financial resources due to the expenses that have since learned that their little girl suffered microcephaly.

              The mother of the baby is hospitalized, like the girl in the Medical Center of New Jersey.

              "This hurts us in the soul, but we present the case of our daughter so that other people realize the dangers of zika and take precautions. The zika is real and can affect anyone, "said the father.

              The father told his wife that managed to travel to the United States while pregnant using their savings, taking out loans and receiving family benefits.

              A sad Christmas

              The parent recounted how her daughter ended up infected with the virus. "My wife became pregnant in late September 2015. We learned in early October of that year. It was a great joy, for we have a six year old son and we would no longer be alone. At the beginning we were told they would be twins, but in the end only an embryo developed. We went to check and everything was fine; however, in December zika and then he gave me my pregnant wife. It was then that everything changed, "said the father.

              He announced that then went to the doctor and an ultrasound detected a problem in the baby's head shortly after experts confirmed that the girl had microcephaly.

              "We were devastated, but our daughter. He used everything we had for my wife outside the United States, "he said.

              The case of Honduran baby has caused a stir in the United States, it is the second that occurs in that country; however, the first mainland, and the other was in the state of Hawaii, which is made up of a group of islands located in the Pacific Ocean.

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              Alvarez, head of obstetrics and gynecology at Hackensack, said conference yesterday that the baby was born by Caesarean section at 3:00 pm (1:00 pm, Honduras).

              "The baby was delivered without incident. He left crying. In the face of his mother he could see the pain, "he said, and reported that the baby is staffed by neonatologists, infectious disease experts and others.

              <div id='DTElementID-688925' class='QuickRead'>La niña sufre graves secuelas. Su progenitor admitió a Diario LA PRENSA que ya no cuentan con más recursos.</div>
              "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
              -Nelson Mandela

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