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20 MILLION MOSQUITOES TO HIT FRESNO; THAT'S A GOOD THING, REALLY
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ALARM SPREADS IN BRAZIL OVER A VIRUS AND A SURGE IN MALFORMED INFANTS
Brazil waged war on the Aedes aegypti mosquito for decades during the 20th century before a vaccine was developed for yellow fever... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS SPREADING EXPLOSIVELY, SAYS WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION
It was deeply concerning that the virus had now been detected in 23 countries in the Americas, she added... 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›
ZIKA VIRUS 'SCARIER THAN INITIALLY THOUGHT'
CDC and NIH officials at the White House say the Zika virus is scarier than they first realized. And again, they ask Congress for money... 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›
CATHOLIC LEADERS SAY ZIKA DOESNT CHANGE BAN ON CONTRACEPTION
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras, who serves on Pope Francis' nine-member advisory council, denounced the notion of therapeutic abortions for women carrying babies with microcephaly... 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›
ZIKA VIRUS LIKELY TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS, SAYS WHO
Evidence includes temporal association between Zika outbreaks and microcephaly outbreaks both in Brazil and French Polynesia, she said... READ MORE›
IN A SMALL COLOMBIAN TOWN ZIKA MAY BE REVEALING A MORE DEADLY SIDE
The Colombian government has confirmed three fatalities with Guillain-Barre, including two of the Turbo patients, blaming the deaths on Zika... 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›
IN ZIKA EPIDEMIC A WARNING ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Likewise, it is unclear how effective the Asian tiger mosquito might become at transmitting Zika or dengue viruses... READ MORE›
US SCIENTISTS SAY VACCINE '10 YEARS AWAY'
Prof Scott Weaver described the disease as frightening people in countries across Latin America and the Caribbean... READ MORE›
BRAZIL LINKS ZIKA FEVER TO BIRTH DEFECTS
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›
NEW DISCOVERY MEANS MORE U.S. STATES WILL FACE A RISK FROM ZIKA
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›
ZIKA VIRUS OUTBREAK WILL LIKELY SPREAD ACROSS AMERICAS, WHO SAYS
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›
ITALY HAS THREE CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER CASES IN ANZIO
Three people have been diagnosed with mosquito-borne chikungunya fever in Anzio, 50km 30 miles south of Rome, Italian media report... READ MORE›
ZIKA MOSQUITOES' HABITS MAY FOIL U.S. ELIMINATION EFFORTS
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
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›
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›
BRAZIL REPORTS EXPLOSION OF DENGUE, A BAD OMEN FOR SPREAD OF ZIKA VIRUS
Dengue, Zika and another disease called chikungunya are spread by the same mosquito -- the Aedes aegypti... READ MORE›
LET GM MOSQUITOES LOOSE TO BITE AND HELP CURE TROPICAL DISEASES
Oxitec has built a breeding lab in Marathon and hopes to release its mosquitoes in a Key West neighborhood this spring... READ MORE›
BRAZIL TO DEPLOY ARMY IN FIGHT AGAINST VIRUS
Brazil's government says it will deploy 220,000 soldiers in its fight against mosquitoes spreading the Zika virus... 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›
BRAZIL FINDS ZIKA VIRUS IN HUMAN URINE AND SALIVA BUT RISK IS UNCLEAR
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›
ZIKA FOREST: BIRTHPLACE OF VIRUS THAT HAS SPREAD FEAR ACROSS THE WORLD
We were always vaccinated against yellow fever but we don't fear any mosquito now... READ MORE›
ONLY TWO COUNTRIES IN THE AMERICAS WILL ESCAPE THE ZIKA VIRUS
If a pregnant woman is infected by the virus, the baby could be born with microcephaly... READ MORE›
BRAZIL PUSHES PUBLIC TO DO ITS PART IN FIGHTING ZIKA SPREAD
By 1958, the Pan-American Health Organization declared the Aedes aegypti vanquished in Brazil, and in the years that followed, in much of the continent... READ MORE›
LOCAL ZIKA OUTBREAKS IN UNITED STATES 'LIKELY'
The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which primarily transmits disease, is present in about 30 U.S. states... READ MORE›
PREGNANT WOMEN TOLD TO DELAY TRAVEL TO FLORIDA OVER ZIKA VIRUS FEARS
Fifty-three people have been treated in the UK for the Zika virus, which is predominantly transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito... READ MORE›