CDC Telebriefing: Update on Zika pregnancy outcomes in U.S. Territories

What
CDC is hosting a telebriefing to discuss recent findings about birth defects associated with Zika virus infection in the U.S. territories. This report, the first from the U.S. territories, is based on data reported to the Zika pregnancy and infant registries for the largest number of completed pregnancies with laboratory confirmation of Zika virus infection to date.

Who
Anne Schuchat, M.D. (RADM, USPHS), Acting Director, CDC, and Acting Administrator, ATSDR
Peggy Honein, Ph.D., MPH., CDC Zika Response’s Pregnancy and Birth Defects Task Force co-lead

When
Thursday, June 8, 1:00 p.m. EDT

Dial-In
Media: 888-795-0855
Non-Media: 888-989-4716
INTERNATIONAL: 1-517-308-9117
PASSCODE: CDC Media

Important Instructions
If you would like to ask a question during the call, press *1 on your touchtone phone. Press *2 to withdraw your question. You may queue up at any time. You will hear a tone to indicate your question is pending.

Transcript
A transcript of this media availability will be available following the briefing at CDC’s web site: www.cdc.gov/media.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES