Tag: elderly-victim

  • Continental US records first Zika-related death

    Continental US records first Zika-related death

    A Utah resident infected with the Zika virus has died, becoming the first Zika-related fatality in the continental United States, officials said Friday. The elderly victim, who had an underlying health condition, died in late June after traveling to a country where the mosquito-transmitted virus is active, the Salt Lake County health department said. “While…

  • Girls under 19 account for 30% of El Salvador pregnancies: UN

    Girls under 19 account for 30% of El Salvador pregnancies: UN

    Nearly one in three pregnancies in El Salvador are to girls under 19, according to a UN report released Friday that highlights social pressures in the country, which bans abortion. In 2015, 30 percent of the 83,500 pregnancies in El Salvador were to “adolescents aged between 10 and 19,” the study by the UN Population…