Zika Virus
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Singapore Reports First Locally Transmitted Zika Case
Agence France-Presse Singapore on Saturday reported the first locally-transmitted case of the Zika virus, with three other suspect infections pending…
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Hong Kong’s First Zika Case Tests Negative
Reuters HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s first Zika patient tested negative for the virus on Friday and was discharged from…
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Florida: 5 New Zika Cases Including 1 in the Tampa Bay Area
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, right, and Florida Surgeon General Dr. Celeste Philip, left, speak with local officials during a Zika…
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Health Official Warns Zika Could Spread Across US Gulf
By CHRIS PRENTICE, Reuters One of the top US public health officials on Sunday warned that the mosquito-borne Zika virus…
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Making Haj Free from Zika, MERS
This file photo shows, Muslim pilgrims gather at the Plain of Arafat during the annual pilgrimage, known as hajj, near…
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Zika What? Brazil’s Biggest Health Scare Not Biting So Far
The Olympic Village is reflected in an apartment window in Rio de Janeiro, AP By: Ted S. Melendres @inquirerdotnet…
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Texas Infant’s Death Linked to Travel-Related Zika Infection
AUSTIN, Texas – The death of an infant born with the birth defect microcephaly in the Houston area has been…
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Zika-Hit Miami Neighborhood Safe – Florida Governor
WASHINGTON, United States – A trendy Miami neighborhood at the epicenter of the first US outbreak of the Zika virus…
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China’s ‘Mosquito Factory’ Aims to Wipe Out Zika, Other Diseases
Reuters/Guangzhou Every week, scientists in southern China release 3 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes on a 3 km (two-mile) long island in…
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U.S. Officials Provide Stopgap Zika Funds, Congress Urged to Act
A vector control team vehicle displays a sign warning of West Nile Virus before the early morning spraying of a…
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