The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week raised the possibility that the Zika virus could lead to hundreds of disability insurance claims, and even some long-term care insurance (LTCI) claims, involving non-pregnant adults in the continental United States.

CDC officials reported that public health authorities recorded 683 laboratory-confirmed Zika infections in Puerto Rico during the period from Nov. 1, 2015, through April 14.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.