--- title: Zika: Florida Has First Microcephaly Case From Virus description: Florida reports a woman has given birth to a baby with microcephaly due to Zika. canonical: https://time.com/4386316/zika-microcephaly-florida/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-28T21:05:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:55:08.972Z article:section: Health og:title: Zika: Florida Has First Microcephaly Case From Virus og:description: Florida reports a woman has given birth to a baby with microcephaly due to Zika. og:url: https://time.com/4386316/zika-microcephaly-florida/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Zika: Florida Has First Microcephaly Case From Virus twitter:description: Florida reports a woman has given birth to a baby with microcephaly due to Zika. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Florida Has First Zika-Related Microcephaly Case > Sponsored content. 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The state Department of Health [confirmed](http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2016/06/062816-zika-update.html) Friday that a woman in the state, who is a citizen of Haiti, delivered a baby with microcephaly due to Zika. The woman’s identity was not released. Federal data suggest there are close to 300 pregnant women in the United States with a Zika infection. Health authorities are recommending that women who are pregnant not travel to places where Zika is spreading. So far the virus is not spreading locally in the continental United States. Women who are pregnant and have Zika are told to consider regular ultrasounds. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in over 20 counties where people in the state have been diagnosed with the virus, [ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/Health/zika-virus-related-microcephaly-reported-florida-time/story?id=40187914) reports. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4386316/zika-microcephaly-florida/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4386316/zika-microcephaly-florida/"},"headline":"Florida Has First Zika-Related Microcephaly Case","datePublished":"2016-06-28T21:05:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:55:08.972Z","description":"The mother got Zika abroad","url":"https://time.com/4386316/zika-microcephaly-florida/","keywords":["Zika","Florida","Zika virus","microcephaly"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/zika/","name":"Zika"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4386316/zika-microcephaly-florida/","name":"Florida Has First Zika-Related Microcephaly Case"}}]}] ```