Miami Receives First Travel Advisory for Zika Issued in the U.S.

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 2, 2016

For the first time in history, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised people not to travel to an area within the United States because of the Zika virus. Ian Lipkin, MD, director of the Columbia Mailman School Center for Infection and Immunity, discusses the growing number of Zika virus cases in the Miami neighborhood of Wynwood.

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