There is a "very low risk" of the Zika virus spreading further internationally as a result of the Olympic Games in Brazil, the World Health Organization's emergency committee on the disease said Tuesday.
Jun 14, 2016
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Health officials have put together a plan to combat Zika that includes a special team of experts that can be dispatched to states if the virus spreads in the U.S.
Jun 14, 2016
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The Zika virus strain linked to surging cases of neurological disorders and birth defects in Latin America has now been found in Africa, health officials said Friday, as the first fatality on French territory was reported ...
May 20, 2016
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Brazil's outbreak of Zika—which has been linked to the devastating microcephaly birth defect in newborns in 1,271 cases since October—has also killed 57 of those babies, authorities said Wednesday.
May 5, 2016
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The first commercial test for the Zika virus has been cleared for emergency use in the U.S. and could be available by next week.
Apr 29, 2016
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Some 600 disease experts from 43 nations will gather in Paris on Monday to pore over scant but increasingly worrisome data emerging about the Zika virus sweeping Latin America and threatening the world.
Apr 24, 2016
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As Europe and the United States brace for the likely arrival of the Zika virus from Latin America this summer, experts warn global warming may accelerate the spread of mosquito-borne disease.
Apr 19, 2016
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Peru has suffered its first case of sexually transmitted, locally contracted Zika virus, authorities said Saturday.
Apr 16, 2016
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Colombia has confirmed the first two cases of a rare birth defect associated with the spread of Zika.
Apr 14, 2016
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Confirming the worst fears of many pregnant women in the United States and Latin America, U.S. health officials said Wednesday there is no longer any doubt the Zika virus causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads ...
Apr 13, 2016
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