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Indonesia Planned To Breed "Good" Mosquitoes To Combat Dengue. Now That Plan Has Been Put On Hold
The lab-bred mosquitoes injected with Wolbachia bacteria were meant to be released in dengue fever 'red zones' in the city of Yogyakarta in mid-November.
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Brazil's Factory-Grown Mutant Mosquitoes To Breed Out Diseases
Scientists in Brazil are preparing to release millions of factory-bred mosquitoes in an attempt to wipe out their distant cousins that carry tropical diseases. The insects' method: have sex and then die.
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Thieves Rob Brazil Home Pretending To Be Zika Health Workers
Brazilian authorities in the southern city of Joinville are warning residents to guard against fraudsters after three thieves posing as health workers working to wipe out the Zika virus entered a home and ran off with cash and electronics.
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Brazil Military Fight Mosquitoes, Flower Pot To Flower Pot
Zika outbreak has been declared an international emergency by the World Health Organization and at least in public relations terms poses a threat to Rio's hosting of the Olympics this August -- adding to pressure on Rousseff to find a solution.
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Back To Its Roots: How Zika May Threaten Africa
Florzinha Amado is eight months pregnant and trying to stay calm about whether the Zika virus infection she contracted at 21 weeks could have harmed her unborn child.
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What It Would Really Take For GMO Mosquitoes To Solve The Zika Crisis
In the global rush to find a way to stop the spread of the Zika virus, a new player has emerged -- a genetically modified mosquito whose developers claim it could be a game-changer.
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Bharat Biotech Says Working On 2 Possible Zika Vaccines
Biotechnology company Bharat Biotech said on Wednesday it was working on two possible vaccines to fight the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil.
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Effect of Dengue Minimal in Northeast India, Say Experts
Though the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which causes dengue, is found in abundance in the northeastern states, the deaths due to the disease are fortunately very minimal in the region, experts said in Agartala today.
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Anger Over Dengue Deaths, Delhi Hospitals Summoned by Health Minister
Private hospitals and nursing homes in Delhi have been summoned for a meeting with Health Minister Satyender Jain this evening amid mounting anger over the deaths of two children who were allegedly refused treatment for dengue.
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Indonesia Planned To Breed "Good" Mosquitoes To Combat Dengue. Now That Plan Has Been Put On Hold
The lab-bred mosquitoes injected with Wolbachia bacteria were meant to be released in dengue fever 'red zones' in the city of Yogyakarta in mid-November.
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Brazil's Factory-Grown Mutant Mosquitoes To Breed Out Diseases
Scientists in Brazil are preparing to release millions of factory-bred mosquitoes in an attempt to wipe out their distant cousins that carry tropical diseases. The insects' method: have sex and then die.
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Thieves Rob Brazil Home Pretending To Be Zika Health Workers
Brazilian authorities in the southern city of Joinville are warning residents to guard against fraudsters after three thieves posing as health workers working to wipe out the Zika virus entered a home and ran off with cash and electronics.
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Brazil Military Fight Mosquitoes, Flower Pot To Flower Pot
Zika outbreak has been declared an international emergency by the World Health Organization and at least in public relations terms poses a threat to Rio's hosting of the Olympics this August -- adding to pressure on Rousseff to find a solution.
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Back To Its Roots: How Zika May Threaten Africa
Florzinha Amado is eight months pregnant and trying to stay calm about whether the Zika virus infection she contracted at 21 weeks could have harmed her unborn child.
-
What It Would Really Take For GMO Mosquitoes To Solve The Zika Crisis
In the global rush to find a way to stop the spread of the Zika virus, a new player has emerged -- a genetically modified mosquito whose developers claim it could be a game-changer.
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Bharat Biotech Says Working On 2 Possible Zika Vaccines
Biotechnology company Bharat Biotech said on Wednesday it was working on two possible vaccines to fight the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil.
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Effect of Dengue Minimal in Northeast India, Say Experts
Though the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which causes dengue, is found in abundance in the northeastern states, the deaths due to the disease are fortunately very minimal in the region, experts said in Agartala today.
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Anger Over Dengue Deaths, Delhi Hospitals Summoned by Health Minister
Private hospitals and nursing homes in Delhi have been summoned for a meeting with Health Minister Satyender Jain this evening amid mounting anger over the deaths of two children who were allegedly refused treatment for dengue.
