Ebola. Chikungunya. Zika. Once rare and exotic pathogens keep popping up and turning into household names. It's the new reality as the climate warms, humans expand more into wildlife habitats and air travel shrinks the distances ...
Feb 25, 2016
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U.S. and Brazilian health workers knocked on doors in the poorest neighborhoods of one of Brazil's poorest states Tuesday in a bid to enroll mothers in a study aimed at determining whether the Zika virus is really causing ...
Feb 23, 2016
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At the epicenter of the Zika outbreak in Latin America, Brazil and world health officials have embraced a lab-engineered "Franken-fly" as a potential weapon to control a frightening virus suspected of causing horrific birth ...
Feb 22, 2016
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The World Health Organization said Friday it could still take months to determine for certain that the Zika virus causes the serious birth defect microcephaly, but said evidence was growing.
Feb 19, 2016
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Zika: The virus has emerged as a major public health threat that's rapidly spreading through South and Central America and the Caribbean.
Feb 19, 2016
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Chile's health ministry is reporting 10 new cases of dengue on Easter Island.
Feb 18, 2016
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The mosquito-borne Zika virus has spread in Panama beyond a remote coastal area it was previously confined to, with a new case detected in the capital, the health ministry said Thursday.
Feb 18, 2016
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International experts, including World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan, are visiting Brazil this week and next to check out a major increase in Zika virus infections, which have been blamed for birth defects.
Feb 16, 2016
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The World Health Organization says it may be necessary to use controversial methods like genetically modified mosquitoes to wipe out the insects that are spreading the Zika virus across the Americas.
Feb 16, 2016
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The Brazilian military men surrounded the white bucket Monday and moved in—the Zika-transmitting mosquito larvae didn't stand a chance.
Feb 16, 2016
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