The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. June 10, 2016 WHO Advises Women in Zika-Infected Countries to Delay Pregnancies ----------------------------------------------------------------- For the first time the World Health Organization is advising people living in all regions where the Zika virus has spread to consider delaying pregnancy to avoid having babies with birth defects. The advice affects millions of couples in 46 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean where Zika has been reported. .