Brazilian scientists said Monday they have found the first hard evidence the Zika virus blamed for causing brain damage in hundreds of babies is carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
May 23, 2016
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A deadly yellow fever outbreak in Angola and Congo is of great concern but does not amount to a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
May 19, 2016
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A deadly yellow fever outbreak in Angola, which has already spread the disease as far as China, risks sparking a global crisis, the Red Cross warned Thursday.
May 19, 2016
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Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio put aside their partisan differences Thursday to introduce legislation that would provide the full $1.9 billion in supplemental appropriations sought by President Barack Obama to combat Zika.
May 13, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Zika infection isn't always obvious. In one recent case, a rash, bloodshot eyes and spots in the mouth were key symptoms of infection with the mosquito-borne virus, researchers report.
May 11, 2016
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The species of mosquito that carries the Zika virus has been found in mainland Chile for the first time in six decades, the country's health minister said Monday.
Apr 19, 2016
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Mozzies. Skeeters. Stingers. Whatever you call them, mosquitoes don't get much love from our species.
Apr 19, 2016
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In the 1940s and 1950s, Brazilian authorities made such a ferocious assault on Aedes aegypti—the mosquito that spreads the Zika virus—that it was eradicated from Latin America's largest country by 1958.
Apr 19, 2016
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The World Health Organization says yellow fever has killed 21 people in Congo, with some of the cases linked to an outbreak first reported in neighboring Angola in December last year.
Apr 12, 2016
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With summer approaching, Zika may find its way into virus-carrying mosquitoes in Europe or the United States, disease experts have warned, but any outbreaks are likely to be small and short-lived.
Apr 11, 2016
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