Until recently the well known Zika virus was only being contracted (directly from mosquito's) outside of the United States.Zika is spread mostly by the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. Unfortunately this is not the case anymore. The amount of people bite by Zika carrying mosquito's has surged in the last couple of weeks in Miami, Florida. The total rate of infection now at an astounding 14 people. Despite Miami's efforts to spray insecticides the mosquito's do not seem to be dying, this could be because of breeding in obscure places or not being harmed by the type of insecticide used.

picture from : http://wncn.com/2016/02/19/1st-case-of-zika-virus-confirmed-in-nc/

Fortunately for Florida, Zika unlike west nile does not house the disease in animals. Zika is a very real threat to the health and well being of future generations. Unfortunately i believe that we do not even know the extent to which Zika effects fetus' as well as the mother and therefore scientist and doctors truly need to devote time to stopping this virus from spreading even more.

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/zika-carrying-mosquitoes-eluding-control-efforts-miami

Fetus Suffers When Mother Lacks Vitamin C

The University of Copenhagen has newly published in their scientific journal that lack of Vitaman C in a mother can have serious implications on a child's brain. Once brain damage has occurred it cannot be reversed after birth with Vitamin C supplements. Pregnant guinea pigs and their pups were used to come too this conclusion, the experiment led by Professor Jens Lykkesfeldt. Like humans, guinea pigs cannot produce Vitamin C making them an ideal target. Studies indicate that ten to twenty percent of all adults in the worlds have a Vitamin C deficiency. All in all once the damage is done it can't be reversed, so everyone, especially mother's should think twice about complementing their diet with necessary vitamins like Vitamin C for them AND their offspring.Fetus damage from lack of Vitamin C- ScienceDaily

Low fat yougurt and pregnancy: A cause of allergies later in life?

Reading this article I have found out some strange, yet useful information for pregnant, or expecting mothers. A study was presented at European Respiratory Society's annual Congress in Amsterdam, that pregnant mothers who eat low fat yogurt are 1.6 times more likely to end up with a child who develops asthma or hay fever. They study was aimed to look at fatty acids in dairy products and to see if they would help prevent allergies in new born babies, however they had the opposite effect. Studies showed that milk intake did not have the same effect, the only dairy product that caused these allergens was the low fat yogurt. The scientists suggested that maybe it was not the yogurt, but the low fat components in the yogurt that were having this effect on the child. Scientists are also going to further their research to see if low fat foods have any other effects on our lifestyles.