Disease experts to compare Zika notes in Paris

Some 600 disease experts from 43 nations will gather in Paris on Monday to pore over scant but increasingly worrisome data emerging abo...

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Zika virus causes birth defects- CDC

The United State Centres for Disease Control and prevention {CDC} has confirmed that the dreaded  Zika virus causes microcep...

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Vietnam reports two cases of Zika virus

Two women in Vietnam have been infected with the Zika virus According to report, a 64-year-old woman from the popular beach resort of ...

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Google teams with UNICEF to map Zika virus spread

An Aedes Aegypti mosquito is photographed on human skin in a lab of the International Training and Medical Research Training Center (CID...

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U.S. reports 14 new cases of Zika sexual transmission

The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it was investigating 14 new reports of possible sexual transm...

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Zika virus won’t stop Nigeria from Rio Olympics –FG

The Federal Government had said that the threat of Zika virus in North America will not stop the Nigerian contingent from attending the ...

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Zika Virus: FG taking measures against disease- Minister

Minister  of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, yesterday said the federal government has adopted proactive measures to protect the public...

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Zero-hour Zika

•Now is the time for Nigeria to prepare for a possible outbreak As if the onslaught of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and Lassa fever were ...

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Killer – Zika Fever : Mosquito–borne virus is potential death sentence

THIS is the season of  fevers. The menace of fevers is rocking the world. True, yellow fever is no longer a global threat, but malaria fe...

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Zika outbreak: UN warns against laws restricting pregnancy

The United Nations (UN) has called for the repeal of laws and policies that restrict access to sexual and reproductive health services i...

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Zika virus: Scientists breeding special mosquitoes that are unable to transmit deadly disease …… INDEPENDENT

Scientists are breeding special mosquitoes that can’t carry particular diseases, in an attempt to stop the spread of the Zika virus. T...

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World Health Organisation Declares Zika Virus Public Health Emergency

The World Health Organisation has declared a “public health emergency of international concern” due to the apparent link of the Zika viru...

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World Health Organisation Declares Zika Virus Public Health Emergency

The World Health Organisation has declared a “public health emergency of international concern” due to the apparent link of the Zika vir...

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Zika: Profile of a mysterious virus

The world’s latest health scare is Zika: a tropical, mosquito-borne virus that holds little danger for most people, but could completely...

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Indian firm develops world’s first vaccine against Zika

An Indian pharmaceutical firm claims that it has developed the world’s first vaccine against mosquito-borne Zika virus, the  News Agency...

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First Case of Sexually Transmitted Zika Virus in the US Reported

Zika has been sexually transmitted in Texas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. It is the first known case of ...

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