MosquitoMate infects male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with the naturally occurring Wolbachia bacteria... READ MORE›
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Brazil waged war on the Aedes aegypti mosquito for decades during the 20th century before a vaccine was developed for yellow fever... READ MORE›
It was deeply concerning that the virus had now been detected in 23 countries in the Americas, she added... READ MORE›
Four individuals in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have been infected with the Zika virus by local mosquitoes, Florida health officials said Friday... READ MORE›
The virus, called Zika, made its way to Brazil recently but is spreading rapidly around Latin America and the Caribbean... READ MORE›
Zika alone would never be a public health emergency of international concern, he said... READ MORE›
We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›
Small, local outbreaks of Zika virus are fully expected in southern states such as Florida, Louisiana and Texas... READ MORE›
Brazil has declared an end to its public health emergency over the Zika virus, 18 months after a surge in cases drew headlines around the world... READ MORE›
Evidence includes temporal association between Zika outbreaks and microcephaly outbreaks both in Brazil and French Polynesia, she said... READ MORE›
It may take women around the world more than two centuries to achieve workplace equality, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum... READ MORE›
Good mental health care is scarce in many parts of the United States, but it is nonexistent in most of the world... READ MORE›
What we have is an epidemic of disinformation about yellow fever ..... READ MORE›
Likewise, it is unclear how effective the Asian tiger mosquito might become at transmitting Zika or dengue viruses... READ MORE›
Prof Scott Weaver described the disease as frightening people in countries across Latin America and the Caribbean... READ MORE›
But ministry officials have issued warnings to women to think carefully about getting pregnant at the moment in areas where there are Zika fever cases... READ MORE›
The discovery of Zika in the Asian tiger mosquito means states and counties in the insect's range need to rethink their control plans, he said... READ MORE›
If anything, this has been escalated in importance by becoming activities that will be continued in the long-term in the World Health Organization, he said... READ MORE›
The WHO added that Aedes mosquitoes -- the main vector for Zika transmission -- are present in all the region's countries except Canada and continental Chile... READ MORE›
Three people have been diagnosed with mosquito-borne chikungunya fever in Anzio, 50km 30 miles south of Rome, Italian media report... READ MORE›
But health experts fear the typical approach will do little to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries Zika... READ MORE›
Google's plan to eliminate Zika-carrying mosquitoes more mosquitoes? In Fresno, Calif., a truck sprays millions of bacteria-infected mosquitoes to halt advance of Aedes aegytpi... READ MORE›
Dengue, Zika and another disease called chikungunya are spread by the same mosquito -- the Aedes aegypti... READ MORE›
Oxitec has built a breeding lab in Marathon and hopes to release its mosquitoes in a Key West neighborhood this spring... READ MORE›
Brazil's government says it will deploy 220,000 soldiers in its fight against mosquitoes spreading the Zika virus... READ MORE›
Culex mosquitoes can spread West Nile virus, but so far are not known to spread Zika... READ MORE›
Almost 800,000 deaths by suicide occurred in 2015, according to World Health Statistics, a publication from the World Health Organization WHO ... READ MORE›
The Brazilian researchers at Fiocruz said that their studies had detected the virus in an active form in human saliva and urine samples... READ MORE›
We were always vaccinated against yellow fever but we don't fear any mosquito now... READ MORE›
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