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Zika Testing Lags in a Vulnerable New York PopulationBy MARC SANTORAJUNE 17, 2016 Continue reading the main storyShare This PageShareTweetEmailMore As the Zika virus swept north from Brazil into the Caribbean, bringing with it frightening risks for pregnant women and their unborn children, United States health officials decided in February that all expectant women who had visited the countries affected should be tested for the disease. But after the guidelines were put in place, public health officials and doctors in New York City found that large numbers of women, many uninsured or low-income immigrants from the Caribbean and Latin America, were not being screened and te…

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