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CHILDREN WITH 'NORMAL' HEADS MAY HAVE ZIKA BRAIN DAMAGE
Waldorf and a team analysed the brains of five growing macaque foetuses whose mothers they infected with Zika virus... READ MORE›
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A YEAR LATER BRAZIL TOWN THAT SPAWNED ZIKA STRUGGLES WITHVIRUS
Prior to that, Paraiba state averaged five microcephaly births per year, but in November 2015, Campina Grande, Paraiba's second-largest city, recorded five cases alone... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS ARE BEWILDERED BY ZIKA'S PATH ACROSS LATIN AMERICA
This may also help explain the relatively low number of babies born with Zika-related birth defects outside northeast Brazil... READ MORE›
FIRST LOCALLY TRANSMITTED CASES IN CONTINENTAL U.S.
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›
INDONESIA'S TOP COURT WEIGHS BAN ON SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE
In interviews, members of Indonesia's conservative Islamist leadership say their side is ascendant... READ MORE›
MOVE OLYMPICS OVER ZIKA CALL REJECTED
The World Health Organization WHO has rejected a call to move or postpone this summer's Rio Olympic Games over the Zika outbreak... READ MORE›
MATERNAL DEATHS WORLDWIDE DROP BY HALF, YET SHOCKING DISPARITIES REMAIN
Globally, caesarean section rates are rising, and medically unnecessary caesarean sections are prevalent, the authors report... READ MORE›
'IT'S GOING TO HIT THE POOREST PEOPLE'
It is real enough, if not widespread according to state health department statistics, 10 Zika cases have been documented in Texas this year and 320 in 2016 and 2015... READ MORE›
CDC REPORTS 279 PREGNANT WOMEN WITH ZIKA IN U.S.
More than 270 pregnant women in the U.S. are also infected with the Zika virus, and are worrying about whether their babies will suffer birth defects... READ MORE›
FLORIDA MAY HAVE ITS FIRST ZIKA VIRUS OUTBREAK
Small, local outbreaks of Zika virus are fully expected in southern states such as Florida, Louisiana and Texas... READ MORE›
BRAZILIAN SCIENTISTS FIND NEW ZIKA-LINKED BRAIN DISORDER IN ADULTS
Brito presented her findings on Sunday at the American Academy of Neurology meeting in Vancouver... READ MORE›
THE LAGOON IN FRONT OF RIO'S OLYMPIC PARK IS SO FILTHY THE FISH ARE DYING
Much of the neighborhood's natural habitat has been spoiled Pollution and raw sewage mar the lagoons that surround the Olympic Park and Olympic Village... READ MORE›
BRAZIL ENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY OVER ZIKA VIRUS
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›
WHO DECLARES END OF ZIKA EMERGENCY BUT SAYS VIRUS REMAINS A THREAT
Officials on WHO's Emergency Committee made clear the Zika still constitutes a global public health threat... READ MORE›
SEX BAN RECOMMENDED FOR BRITISH TOURISTS IN FLORIDA AFTER ZIKA OUTBREAK
An outbreak of four mosquito-transmitted cases yesterday prompted Public Health England PHE to advise pregnant women to consider postponing non-essential travel to the southern US state... READ MORE›
BRAZIL ON HIGH ALERT AS YELLOW FEVER THREATENS MAJOR CITIES
What we have is an epidemic of disinformation about yellow fever ..... READ MORE›
OFFICIALS KNEW ABOUT INDIA'S FIRST ZIKA CASE FOR MONTHS. BUT THEY DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY.
Felipe Dana AP Officials in India knew about the country's first case of Zika virus infection months ago... READ MORE›
WHO BROADENS ZIKA SEX GUIDELINES TO 6 MONTHS
And another study showed that Zika virus can be found in tears -- at least in mice... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS IS NO LONGER A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY, UN HEALTH AGENCY SAYS
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›
NERVOUS SYSTEM BIRTH DEFECTS 20 TIMES LIKELIER FOR ZIKA-HIT MOTHERS, STUDY FINDS
By contrast, central nervous system abnormalities appeared in 60 infants and fetuses per 1,000 pregnancies when mothers were infected with Zika... READ MORE›
OBAMA HOPEFUL ON SPENDING, ZIKA FUNDS AFTER MEETING CONGRESS LEADERS
Shortly before the meeting with Obama, McConnell said congressional leaders were making progress on legislation on temporary spending and Zika... READ MORE›
'THIS IS WHY PEOPLE HATE CONGRESS'
'This is why people hate Congress' politics stymies fight against Zika virus... READ MORE›
COMPANY GETS OK TO TEST NEW ZIKA VIRUS VACCINE
The first experimental Zika virus vaccine can start being tested in people, the company that makes it said Monday... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS COULD BE LINKED WITH 'WHOLE SPECTRUM' OF DISORDERS
The Zika virus is primarily spread by mosquitoes and is currently present in more than 50 countries and territories worldwide, including many in Latin America... READ MORE›
FLORIDA CASES SEEN AS FIRST SIGN ZIKA TRANSMITTED LOCALLY IN U.S.
Florida Surgeon General Celeste Philip said that health officials are not advising pregnant women to move out of the suspected transmission area... READ MORE›
RIO SUCCUMBED TO THE OLYMPIC SPIRIT WHEN THE TORCH LANDED -- BUT NOT FOR LONG
Leonardo Espindola carries the Olympic torch on its way to Rio de Janeiro in Niteroi, Brazil, on Tuesday... READ MORE›
OBAMA TO MEET WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON MONDAY
Obama to meet with congressional leaders on Monday White House... READ MORE›
FLORIDA MAY HAVE A SECOND NON-TRAVEL-RELATED CASE OF ZIKA
Culex mosquitoes can spread West Nile virus, but so far are not known to spread Zika... READ MORE›
FIGHTING ZIKA IN BRAZIL, ONE BRAIN AT A TIME
Read More Right now in Brazil, there are more than 1,700 confirmed cases of Zika-related microcephaly, a rare birth defect that results in an underdeveloped brain... READ MORE›
WHITE HOUSE SEEKS $1.8 BILLION FOR ZIKA RESPONSE
White House Seeks 1.8 Billion for Zika Virus Response... READ MORE›
UN TELLS LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES HIT BY ZIKA TO ALLOW WOMEN ACCESS TO ABORTION
Reproductive rights advocates say the recommendations to avoid pregnancy are irresponsible and do not take into account that most pregnancies in the region are unplanned... READ MORE›