New figures released Wednesday by Brazil's Health Ministry as part of a probe into the Zika virus have found fewer confirmed cases of a rare brain defect than first feared.
Jan 27, 2016
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The more than 3,000 health inspectors in Rio de Janeiro are stepping up inspections for mosquito breeding areas near the city's Carnival sites as part of a bid to stem the spread of Zika, a virus linked to a rare birth defect, ...
Jan 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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President Dilma Rousseff says Brazil is trying to develop vaccine against the Zika and dengue viruses.
Jan 21, 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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The U.S. government is beginning research into a possible vaccine for the mosquito-borne Zika virus that is suspected of causing an unusual birth defect as it spreads in Latin America.
Jan 26, 2016
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Aline Silva has had the dengue fever twice, and she's not taking any chances with the Zika virus.
Jan 31, 2016
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The World Health Organization says it suspects a link between the mosquito-borne Zika virus and a rare birth defect that gives babies abnormally small heads but says so far the evidence is circumstantial.
Jan 26, 2016
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Tracey Stahl lost part of a leg to bone cancer last fall, and she has to wince through bouts of crippling pain from an ill-fitting artificial limb because of a strange health insurance limit: Her plan covers just one limb ...
Sep 8, 2016
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The U.S. Virgin Islands says it has 12 confirmed cases of Zika and another 79 suspected cases of the mosquito-borne virus.
Mar 22, 2016
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