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Zika virus: How worried do you need to be about the mosquito-borne disease as cases rise in India?
Zika virus, primarily transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, shares its vector with dengue and chikunguny…
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Zika virus: Kerala health department urges people to be vigilant
The department said that symptoms such as fever, headache, body pain, joint pain, and red eyes s…
PTI
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Zika virus: All you need to know — overview, symptoms, prevention and control
Disclaimer: This should not be considered medical advice. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, Ker…
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Here's where the CDC is focusing its Zika virus prevention efforts in the US
"Everything we've seen from dengue and chikungunya suggests that it will not be a severe problem" i…
Lisa Ryan
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Mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus and dengue fever may have access to 1 billion more people in the years ahead
Scientists know that Ae. aegypti needs temperatures between 70 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit to thrive,…
Aylin Woodward
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The Zika virus just became even more terrifying
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently recommends that men who have traveled to a…
Lisa Ryan
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Mosquitoes carrying a virus that causes paralysis and death are swarming at least 6 states
West Nile virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the US. States including New York…
Andrea Michelson
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Here's how airlines are reacting to the Zika virus outbreak
Air France confirms that the Zika virus has had no impact on its flight operations and service to t…
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Here's everything you need to know about the Zika virus
However, just days ago, U.S. health officials gave the green light for human testing of an experime…
Lisa Ryan
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How to protect yourself from the mosquitoes that spread Zika and other viruses
The bugs are now spreading Zika locally in Miami, so some Americans on the US mainland have to star…
Rebecca Harrington
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The single biggest obstacle facing efforts to stop the Zika virus
From a lack of ways to diagnose and treat Zika to equally tricky questions related to possible comp…
Lydia Ramsey
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The US just took a critical step to preventing Zika outbreaks
The Zika virus, which is transmitted mainly via mosquitoes, has been identified in the US but …
Lydia Ramsey
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All the places the untreatable Zika virus has spread so far
The virus, which is transmitted via mosquitoes, has been identified in the US, but only in people w…
Lydia Ramsey,Dylan Roach
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A doctor is calling Zika 'the virus from hell' - and says that the US is not ready for it
"My concern is that Zika could already be here on the Gulf Coast, it is just that nobody is looking…
Lisa Ryan
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Biden nominates a disease-fighting celebrity as beloved as Dr. Fauci to run the CDC: 'She's the full package'
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, chief of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, has spent 20…
Hilary Brueck
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There's a worrisome problem at the heart of the Zika virus crisis that no one is talking about
None of these, of course, are mutually exclusive. Both the rising prevalence of dengue and a gradua…
Lydia Ramsey
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Scientists just discovered a disturbing new defect associated with the untreatable Zika virus
It's Zika's connection to microcephaly that's particularly concerning. This connection has raised c…
Lydia Ramsey
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Scientists are trying to use genetically engineered mosquitoes to stop the rapidly-spreading Zika virus
To treat these diseases, scientists have started looking into how to stop the mosquitoes. One step …
Lydia Ramsey
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Biden's coronavirus board is made up of former federal officials who oversaw past epidemics including AIDS, Ebola, and Zika
At least 10 of the 13 members on Biden's COVID-19 advisory board have served the federal government…