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No Need To Panic, Says Centre As India Sees First 3 Zika Cases In Gujarat: 10 Points
The government has said there is no reason to panic over the three cases of Zika virus that have been confirmed in Gujarat by the World Health Organisation. The head of Indian Council of Medical Research has said all three people infected with Zika virus in Ahmedabad have now recovered. The mosquito-borne disease was first identified in Brazil in 2...
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WHO To Consider New Evidence On Zika, Olympics Next Week
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it will convene experts next week to discuss the Zika outbreak, including its impact on the Rio Olympics, as new research suggests only a slight risk that more tourists will be infected at the Games.
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Rio Olympics Should Be Moved Or Delayed Due to Zika Concerns, Say 150 Experts
Scientists and researchers argued in their letter that carrying on with the 2016 Olympics in Rio, the second most affected city in Brazil by the Zika crisis, would be "irresponsible" and "unethical"
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Zika Virus May Be Carried By Other Mosquitoes: Research
Research by scientists in Brazil indicates that a mosquito more common than the one primarily known to transmit Zika infections may possibly be able to carry the virus, a development that could further complicate efforts to limit its spread.
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US-Brazil Teams Seek Mothers, Babies For Zika Research
US and Brazilian health workers knocked on doors in the poorest neighborhoods of one of Brazil's poorest states on Tuesday in a bid to enroll mothers in a study aimed at determining whether the Zika virus is really causing a surge in birth defects.
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Brazil Considers Reforming Biosecurity Law Amid Criticism
Brazilian officials will soon decide whether to amend the South American nation's rigid procedures for sharing Zika samples, the Cabinet chief's spokeswoman said on Friday, as officials announced that they were sending a set of samples to US researchers amid complaints of hoarding.
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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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US Researchers Call For WHO To Take Rapid Action On Zika
US researchers called on the World Health Organization on Wednesday to take swift action on the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus that is linked with thousands of birth defects in Brazil and is rapidly spreading in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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No Need To Panic, Says Centre As India Sees First 3 Zika Cases In Gujarat: 10 Points
The government has said there is no reason to panic over the three cases of Zika virus that have been confirmed in Gujarat by the World Health Organisation. The head of Indian Council of Medical Research has said all three people infected with Zika virus in Ahmedabad have now recovered. The mosquito-borne disease was first identified in Brazil in 2...
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WHO To Consider New Evidence On Zika, Olympics Next Week
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it will convene experts next week to discuss the Zika outbreak, including its impact on the Rio Olympics, as new research suggests only a slight risk that more tourists will be infected at the Games.
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Rio Olympics Should Be Moved Or Delayed Due to Zika Concerns, Say 150 Experts
Scientists and researchers argued in their letter that carrying on with the 2016 Olympics in Rio, the second most affected city in Brazil by the Zika crisis, would be "irresponsible" and "unethical"
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Zika Virus May Be Carried By Other Mosquitoes: Research
Research by scientists in Brazil indicates that a mosquito more common than the one primarily known to transmit Zika infections may possibly be able to carry the virus, a development that could further complicate efforts to limit its spread.
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US-Brazil Teams Seek Mothers, Babies For Zika Research
US and Brazilian health workers knocked on doors in the poorest neighborhoods of one of Brazil's poorest states on Tuesday in a bid to enroll mothers in a study aimed at determining whether the Zika virus is really causing a surge in birth defects.
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Brazil Considers Reforming Biosecurity Law Amid Criticism
Brazilian officials will soon decide whether to amend the South American nation's rigid procedures for sharing Zika samples, the Cabinet chief's spokeswoman said on Friday, as officials announced that they were sending a set of samples to US researchers amid complaints of hoarding.
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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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US Researchers Call For WHO To Take Rapid Action On Zika
US researchers called on the World Health Organization on Wednesday to take swift action on the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus that is linked with thousands of birth defects in Brazil and is rapidly spreading in Latin America and the Caribbean.
