February 2, 2016 WHO moves into high gear to combat Zika, microcephaly, expert says The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that it was gearing up to combat the microcephaly outbreak in Latin America linked to the Zika virus, which it feared could spread to Asia and Africa that have "the highest birth rates in the world".
February 1, 2016 Brazil's Zika virus outbreak worse than believed, health minister says Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Castro said on Monday that the Zika epidemic in his country is worse than believed because in 80 percent of the cases the infected people have no symptoms.
February 1, 2016 Factbox: Why the Zika virus is causing alarm in the Americas Global health officials say the Zika virus, linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil, is spreading rapidly in the Americas and could infect 3 million to 4 million people.
February 1, 2016 Did Brazil, global health agencies fumble Zika response? Rio de Janeiro (Reuters) - Last January, long lines formed outside health clinics in Recife, a city in Brazil's northeast hit hard in recent years by outbreaks of dengue, a painful tropical disease.
February 1, 2016 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.
January 29, 2016 Government says 3 Canadians infected with Zika virus after travel Three Canadians who are infected with the Zika virus traveled to Colombia and El Salvador before their illness, a government health spokeswoman said on Friday.
January 29, 2016 Infectious disease vaccines: A new approach to global health security If we want to keep infectious diseases at bay, we need to stop focusing all our attention on defending borders and try to prevent outbreaks in the first place.
January 29, 2016 Tropical Asia braces for Zika as Thailand appears to steer clear Tropical Southeast Asian countries said on Friday they were bracing for the mosquito-borne Zika virus, with Malaysia saying it could "spread quickly" if introduced, but Thailand appeared to be bucking the trend with just a handful of cases a year.
January 28, 2016 US official sees Zika vaccine trials starting by end of 2016 The United States has two potential candidates for a vaccine for the Zika virus and may begin clinical trials in people by the end of this year, but there will not be a widely available vaccine for several years, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
January 28, 2016 Cancer centers urge increase in HPV vaccinations The top cancer centers in the U.S. jointly called for an increase in vaccination against the human papilloma virus, or HPV, saying low uptake of the three-shot regimens amounts to a “public health threat” and a major missed opportunity to prevent a variety of potentially lethal malignancies.
