Zika and travel: What you need to know

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NEW YORK — In 2016, when the Zika virus first made headlines, people canceled vacations to Latin America and the Caribbean as the mosquito-borne virus spread through the region and into Texas and Florida. While the illness caused by Zika is mild, it can cause severe birth defects when pregnant women are exposed to it. But almost as quickly as it had taken over headlines, it seemed to disappear from the news.