Zika cases in Texas prompt warning

Published December 15, 2016 12:10am ET



The federal government wants pregnant women to consider stop traveling to Brownsville, Texas, due to five locally acquired cases of the Zika virus.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that Brownsville, near the border with Mexico, was considered a cautionary area. Health officials have found five cases of Zika, which is spread primarily via mosquito bites and is linked to birth defects.

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