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Zika Virus Cases Drop In Brazil: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the number of Zika epidemic cases has begun dropping.
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Brazil To Launch Anti-Zika App For Rio Olympics
Brazil's health ministry said Thursday it will launch a smartphone application to track the Zika virus during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and help visitors detect the disease.
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Factbox - Why The Zika Virus Is Causing Alarm
Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has since spread to many countries in the Americas.
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Brazil's Zika-Related Abortion Debate Sparks Backlash
Before her son was born, Danielle Alves didn't know Luiz Gustavo would have microcephaly, a condition that has left the 3-year-old so disabled he can't walk, talk or eat without help.
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Health Minister Urges Brazilians To Join Zika Battle
Brazil's health minister is calling on residents to join the government's battle to eliminate Zika, saying that keeping homes free of mosquitoes is the most-effective way to contain the virus.
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Brazil's Anti-Zika War Goes House To House
Sao Paulo resident Juliana Matuoka always thought her stunning tropical flowers were something to appreciate from afar. Now, however, they are enemy territory.
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Brazil Researchers Hope To Test Zika Virus Treatment In A Year
Leading researchers in Brazil are borrowing techniques used to accelerate the fight against Ebola in the hope of developing a Zika virus treatment that could be tested in humans in a year.
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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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Zika Alert Prompts Bug Spray Maker To Become Australia Olympics Sponsor
A small Australian maker of bug sprays became an unlikely beneficiary of the mosquito-borne Zika virus outbreak this week when the country's Olympic team signed it up as its first official insect repellent sponsor.
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Zika Virus Spreads Fear Among Pregnant Brazilians
For scores of women in the epicenter of the Zika outbreak in Brazil, the joy of pregnancy has given way to fear.
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A Plea For Help In Brazil City Where Zika First Confirmed
Camacari was in chaos, its hospitals overflowing with sick people desperate to know what was happening to them, never suspecting theirs would be the first confirmed cases of Zika in Brazil.
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Life At Zika Epicenter A Struggle For Afflicted Family
Around the fifth month of her pregnancy, Daniele Ferreira dos Santos fell ill with a high fever and angry red splotches on her skin.
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Brazil Is 'Losing Battle' Against Mosquito: Health Minister
Brazil's health minister says the country is sending some 220,000 troops to battle the mosquito blamed for spreading a virus suspected of causing birth defects - but he also says the war is already being lost.
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Zika Virus Cases Drop In Brazil: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the number of Zika epidemic cases has begun dropping.
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Brazil To Launch Anti-Zika App For Rio Olympics
Brazil's health ministry said Thursday it will launch a smartphone application to track the Zika virus during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and help visitors detect the disease.
-
Factbox - Why The Zika Virus Is Causing Alarm
Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has since spread to many countries in the Americas.
-
Brazil's Zika-Related Abortion Debate Sparks Backlash
Before her son was born, Danielle Alves didn't know Luiz Gustavo would have microcephaly, a condition that has left the 3-year-old so disabled he can't walk, talk or eat without help.
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Health Minister Urges Brazilians To Join Zika Battle
Brazil's health minister is calling on residents to join the government's battle to eliminate Zika, saying that keeping homes free of mosquitoes is the most-effective way to contain the virus.
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Brazil's Anti-Zika War Goes House To House
Sao Paulo resident Juliana Matuoka always thought her stunning tropical flowers were something to appreciate from afar. Now, however, they are enemy territory.
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Brazil Researchers Hope To Test Zika Virus Treatment In A Year
Leading researchers in Brazil are borrowing techniques used to accelerate the fight against Ebola in the hope of developing a Zika virus treatment that could be tested in humans in a year.
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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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Zika Alert Prompts Bug Spray Maker To Become Australia Olympics Sponsor
A small Australian maker of bug sprays became an unlikely beneficiary of the mosquito-borne Zika virus outbreak this week when the country's Olympic team signed it up as its first official insect repellent sponsor.
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Zika Virus Spreads Fear Among Pregnant Brazilians
For scores of women in the epicenter of the Zika outbreak in Brazil, the joy of pregnancy has given way to fear.
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A Plea For Help In Brazil City Where Zika First Confirmed
Camacari was in chaos, its hospitals overflowing with sick people desperate to know what was happening to them, never suspecting theirs would be the first confirmed cases of Zika in Brazil.
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Life At Zika Epicenter A Struggle For Afflicted Family
Around the fifth month of her pregnancy, Daniele Ferreira dos Santos fell ill with a high fever and angry red splotches on her skin.
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Brazil Is 'Losing Battle' Against Mosquito: Health Minister
Brazil's health minister says the country is sending some 220,000 troops to battle the mosquito blamed for spreading a virus suspected of causing birth defects - but he also says the war is already being lost.
