'Zika epidemic is not over,' says Brazilian specialist
Concern about the zika virus may have waned since the disease spiked in the months before the 2016 Rio Olympics, but the epidemic is not over, a Brazilian expert told AFP.
Jul 25, 2018
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Concern about the zika virus may have waned since the disease spiked in the months before the 2016 Rio Olympics, but the epidemic is not over, a Brazilian expert told AFP.
Jul 25, 2018
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A measles outbreak is growing in Brazil after cases were imported from neighboring Venezuela where health services have collapsed.
Jul 3, 2018
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Brazil's yellow fever outbreak has now infected more people than the previous one, which had been the largest in decades.
Mar 7, 2018
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Brazil has confirmed 723 cases of yellow fever, putting the current outbreak on track to surpass the previous, unusually large one.
Mar 1, 2018
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Brazil is vaccinating more than 20 million people against yellow fever to control a budding outbreak.
Jan 26, 2018
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The World Health Organization announced Tuesday that it now considers all of Sao Paulo state at risk for yellow fever, recommending that all international visitors to the state be vaccinated.
Jan 16, 2018
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Brazil's Health Ministry has declared an end to a yellow fever outbreak that killed more 250 people over the past nine months.
Sep 6, 2017
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The World Health Organization said it and partners have shipped 3.5 million doses of yellow fever vaccine to Brazil to help the country stamp out its worst outbreak in years.
Mar 30, 2017
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While a new Gallup poll finds most Americans are not worried about Zika, the recent case of an infected baby born in San Diego demonstrates the virus is a very real issue in this country.
Mar 30, 2017
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The number of cases of Zika, dengue and chikungunya reported in Brazil during the first 6 ½ weeks of the year is nearly 90 percent less than in the same period in 2016, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.
Mar 15, 2017
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