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A $1 million donation to fight the spread of the Zika virus and an offer to help analyze data to predict the spread of the mosquito-borne disease was announced by Google.

Google Pledges $1 Million to Help Fight Zika Virus

Google's engineers also helping develop a platform to process virus data
Zika virus infection may be associated with incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome

Zika Infection Linked to Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Most patients diagnosed with Guillain-Barré during Zika outbreak have Zika virus IgM
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an Emergency Use Authorization for a diagnostic tool for Zika virus that will be distributed to qualified laboratories

FDA Approves Emergency Use of CDC Test for Zika Virus

CDC says emergency action to bolster U.S. laboratory capacity for Zika testing
In a media statement issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC Issues Advice for Travel to Rio 2016 Summer Olympics

Pregnant women should consider not travelling to the 2016 Olympics, Paralympics
Five of nine pregnancies among U.S. women who were infected with the Zika virus have resulted in adverse outcomes

CDC: Zika Found in Nine U.S. Pregnancies

Four cases ended in either miscarriage or abortion, one involved severe birth defect
Zika virus may be associated with hydrops fetalis and fetal demise

Research Links Zika Virus to Hydrops Fetalis, Fetal Demise

Ultrasound demonstrated severe microcephaly, hydranencephaly, intracranial calcifications
The first rapid detection test for the Zika virus has been developed by teams at two Texas hospitals.

First Rapid Test for Zika Virus Detection Developed in Texas

But it will only be available at hospitals that developed it for now, research team says
Fourteen U.S. cases of possible sexual transmission of the Zika virus are now under investigation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC: 14 Potential New Cases of Zika Sexually Transmitted

Men who've recently traveled to endemic areas should abstain from sex or use a condom, agency says
New guidelines have been developed for evaluation and testing of infants and children with possible Zika virus infection. The interim guidelines were published in the Feb. 19 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Guidelines Developed for Suspected Zika in Children

Acute Zika virus should be suspected in children who traveled to affected area, have symptoms
Zika virus has been identified in amniotic fluid of two pregnant women in Brazil whose fetuses have been diagnosed with microcephaly

Zika Virus ID’d in Amniotic Fluid From Two Pregnant Women

Pregnant women whose fetuses had microcephaly presented with possible symptoms of Zika virus