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Obstetrics & gynaecology

Study found brain abnormalities in fetuses exposed to Zika

In a study to be presented Friday, Jan. 27, in the oral concurrent session, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, researchers with the Baylor College of Medicine Department of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

$460-mn vaccine push to 'outsmart' viruses

With the world still reeling from outbreaks of deadly Ebola and baby-deforming Zika, governments and charities launched a $460-million (431 million-euro) initiative Thursday to "outsmart" infectious epidemics.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

NIAID officials call for continued Zika research

Although cases of Zika virus infection appear to be decreasing, the mosquito-borne virus likely will become endemic in the Americas and continue to cause outbreaks and sporadic cases. Given the serious complications of Zika ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A year on, mothers of Brazil's Zika babies struggle

Brazil's 2015-2016 zika scare has largely dropped out of the headlines, but one year on, thousands of parents are struggling as they learn to care for brain-damaged babies.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers develop new compound to fight cytomegalovirus

A Retro94-based compound may prevent a common and sometimes fatal virus—human cytomegalovirus (CMV)—from reproducing and help to protect immunocompromised patients, such as those with HIV, on chemotherapy, with transplants, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Angola records first Zika cases

Angolan health officials said Monday they had recorded the country's first two cases of the Zika virus, a French tourist and a resident in the capital Luanda.

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