Airports boost efforts to stop spread of Zika: UN agency
CANADA (AFP) -- Airports are stepping up efforts to reduce populations of mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus in order…
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Brazil army will go door-to-door in fight against Zika
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Some 220,000 soldiers will hand out leaflets door-to-door across Brazil on Saturday, ahead of a massive…
9 years ago
Fish, other mosquitoes now warriors in Zika battle
SAN DIEGO, El Salvador (AFP) -- With larva-chomping fish and genetically modified insects, Latin Americans are deploying legions of little…
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WHO cautions against linking Zika virus with rare nerve disorder
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday urged caution about linking the Zika virus with a…
9 years ago
Obama asks US Congress for emergency funds to counter the Zika virus
QUEZON City, Philippines -- United States of America - President of the United States, Barack Obama asked the United States…
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Olympics: USOC ‘will not prevent athletes from competing’ over Zika
LOS Angeles, United States (AFP) -- The United States Olympic Committee on Monday refuted an "inaccurate" report that it had…
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Obama calls for $1.8 billion to fight Zika
By Andrew BEATTY UNITED States (AFP) -- President Barack Obama on Monday asked for more than $1.8 billion in emergency…
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Widespread Zika vaccine not likely to be available for years – U.S. official
(Reuters) -- U.S. health officials said on Monday (February 8) that a widespread vaccine to combat the Zika virus…
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TATT Syndrome
QUEZON City, Philippines (February 8) - Have you been so tired lately? No, not tired but you have no drive towards…
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101 die in Nigeria from Lassa fever outbreak
A growing Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 101 people, as West Africa battles to contain a flare-up of…
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