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Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: U.S. health officials put out new guidance today about the Zika virus. For the first time, they recommended that men who have traveled to an area with Zika should use condoms if they have sex with a pregnant woman for the entire duration of the pregnancy. The CDC also says those men may want to consider abstaining from sex with women who are trying to get pregnant. While the disease is overwhelmingly spread by mosquitoes, questions about three possible cases of sexual transmission led to these new guidelines. In Brazil, Zika has been found in the saliva and urine of two people. And more than one million people there are said to be infected with Zika. Our science correspondent, Miles O’Brien, is covering the story. He joins me now from Recife, Brazil, where Carnival celebrations are beginning. So, Miles, this is a country that’s hardest-hit. It also happens to be you’re there at the time of this big annual holiday. MILES O’BRIEN: Yes, Judy