Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vietnam confirms first two Zika virus cases
Vietnam has confirmed the country's first two cases of Zika virus.
Apr 5, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brazil: Swine flu has killed twice as many people as in 2015
Brazil's Health Ministry said Tuesday that the H1N1 swine flu virus has killed almost twice as many people in Latin America's biggest country over the past three months as it did in all of 2015.
Apr 5, 2016
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
IVF ban lifted in Costa Rica—a success for reproductive rights?
The lack of access to reproductive rights in Latin America can have unanticipated consequences. The Zika virus outbreak, for example, highlights the need for reproductive rights. So does the alarming number of triplets, quadruplets, ...
Mar 31, 2016
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Medications
The other opioid crisis—people in poor countries can't get the pain medication they need
There are two opioid crises in the world today. One is the epidemic of abuse and misuse, present in many countries but rising at an alarming rate in the United States. The other crisis is older and affects many more people ...
Mar 25, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC: Birth control needed in Puerto Rico during outbreak
Health officials say tens of thousands of IUDs and other forms of birth control are badly needed in Puerto Rico to help prevent unintended pregnancies during an outbreak of Zika, the tropical disease linked to birth defects.
Mar 25, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Florida braces for Zika: officials
Florida, with its wet, mostly subtropical climate, should be fertile ground for the Zika virus, but is ready to fight hard to fend it off, officials said Wednesday.
Mar 24, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Global spread of Zika linked to types of mosquitos that transmit it
More cities than previously assumed could soon grapple with the Zika virus if two species of mosquitos are found to be equally effective carriers of the disease, a University of Texas at Austin disease ecologist and his colleagues ...
Mar 22, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Panama finds first case of microcephaly tied to Zika
Doctors in Panama have identified a baby born with a rare brain disorder thought to be linked to Zika, the first such case outside Brazil.
Mar 19, 2016
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Health
Will the Zika virus prompt Latin America to rethink abortion and birth control?
The Zika virus outbreak and its probable association with microcephaly in newborns are prompting calls to loosen Latin America's strict abortion laws and make birth control more readily available.
Mar 16, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Honduras reports first death from Zika-linked syndrome
Honduras on Friday reported its first death from a paralyzing illness linked to the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne epidemic that is spreading through Latin America and also suspected of causing birth defects.
Mar 11, 2016
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