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Beth Ranson/Florida Keys Mosquito Control District Near Key West, Fla., mosquito-control officers are trying something new. They’re releasing more mosquitoes. In a 12-week test running through early July, 40,000 male mosquitoes are being released each week with the eventual goal of preventing the spread of mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika and dengue. Instead of trying […]
RESEARCHERS have begun the second phase of testing of a Zika vaccine developed by US government scientists in a trial that could yield preliminary results as early as the end of 2017. Daily Express :: Health Feed
About one in 10 pregnant women with confirmed Zika infections had a fetus or baby with birth defects, offering the clearest picture yet of the risk of Zika infection during pregnancy, U.S. researchers say. CBC | Health News
Researchers have begun the second phase of testing of a Zika vaccine developed by U.S. government scientists in a trial that could yield preliminary results as early as the end of 2017. CBC | Health News
Florida officials say they’re continuing aggressive efforts to stop the spread of the Zika virus. CBC | Health News
Local transmission of the Zika virus in Florida may have occurred as early as June 15 of last year and likely infected people who lived not only in Miami-Dade County, but in two nearby counties, U.S. health officials said on Monday. CBC | Health News
Zika virus packs a wallop in Canadians who visited hotspots. @NightshiftMD has what you need to know about the virus that first arrived in the Americas in 2013. CBC | Health News
Thomson Reuters The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added four countries to its list of places with local transmission of the Zika virus. The Zika virus, which is mainly transmitted by mosquitoes, has been spreading around the world since 2015. Once infected, only about 20% of people ever show symptoms, which most […]
For the first time, doctors have tied infection with the Zika virus to possible new heart problems in adults. CBC | Health News
Against the backdrop of the hunt for a vaccine to fight the Zika virus, journalist and doctor Meredith Wadman examines the science and politics behind the creation of the rubella vaccine. CBC | Health News
