Tag: mosquito
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Doctor: Baby born in US to mom with Zika has birth defect
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — A Honduran woman with the Zika virus gave birth in New Jersey to a baby girl with birth defects that appear to be caused by the mosquito-borne virus, one of her doctors said.
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Ousted Maldives president forms opposition-in-exile group
Mohamed Nasheed, a former president of the Maldives now in exile in Britain after being ousted from office and jailed in his country, formed an opposition group on Wednesday aimed at toppling the government of President Abdulla Yameen. Best known as a paradise for wealthy tourists, the Indian Ocean archipelago has been mired in political…
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Brazil’s Temer says sacrifices needed to end ‘bloated’ state
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil's interim President Michel Temer said on Wednesday that his government will not cut spending on health and education, although sacrifices are needed to balance public accounts and restore economic growth. “There is no longer any room in Brazil for a bloated and inefficient state,” Temer said in a speech in which…
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First US Zika-related death in Puerto Rico
The first Zika-related death on US soil was reported Friday in Puerto Rico, raising new concerns about the dangers of the mosquito-borne virus. “The patient died of complications related to severe thrombocytopenia,” a poor clotting condition related to a low number of platelets in the blood, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.…
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Peru reports first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus
Peruvian health authorities on Saturday reported the first case of the Zika virus having been sexually transmitted in the country, after a resident contracted the disease while traveling in Venezuela and then infected his wife once back in Peru. Zika has been linked to thousands of suspected cases of microcephaly, a rare birth defect, in…
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Pope says it’s crazy to see his meeting with Bernie Sanders as political
Pope Francis said on Saturday that his meeting with Bernie Sanders, contesting the Democratic candidacy for the U.S. Presidency, was not meddling in politics and that anyone who thought otherwise should “look for a psychiatrist”. Sanders and the pope met briefly on Saturday morning at the Vatican guest house where Francis lives and where Sanders…
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Water-born gastroenteritis outbreak in Spain affects 670
MADRID (AP) — The health authority of the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia says more than 670 people have been affected by an outbreak of gastroenteritis linked to bottled water.
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Poll: Some key gaps in Americans’ knowledge about Zika virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans don't know a lot about the Zika virus that is linked to birth defects and creeping steadily closer to the U.S., according to a new poll that found about 4 in 10 say they've heard little to nothing about the mosquito-borne threat.
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St. Lucia confirms first two cases of Zika, contracted locally
By Sarah Peter CASTRIES, St. Lucia, (Reuters) – A man and a woman in the Caribbean country of St. Lucia have locally contracted the Zika virus, which has been linked to hundreds of cases of a rare birth defect in Brazil, the first infections by the mosquito-borne virus in the island nation, its health ministry…