Tag: zika
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Channels at Charlotte whitewater center reopen
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The whitewater channels at the U.S. National Whitewater Center in North Carolina have reopened six weeks after a visitor died from a brain-eating amoeba.
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More bug spray, less dining al fresco planned in Zika zone
MIAMI (AP) — As word spread that Miami's hippest neighborhood was now considered ground zero for the first mosquito-transmitted infections of the Zika virus in the U.S. mainland, many residents vowed to take precautions, local officials urged tourists not to change travel plans and mosquito-control workers geared up for war against the pests.
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Continental US records first Zika-related death
A Utah resident infected with the Zika virus has died, becoming the first Zika-related fatality in the continental United States, officials said Friday. The elderly victim, who had an underlying health condition, died in late June after traveling to a country where the mosquito-transmitted virus is active, the Salt Lake County health department said. “While…
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UN health agency confirms 3 Zika cases in Guinea Bissau
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency says it and national authorities are investigating whether three cases of the Zika virus discovered in Guinea Bissau are of the same strain as the one behind outbreaks linked to head and brain abnormalities in Brazil and elsewhere.
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Guinea-Bissau confirms three cases of Zika virus, government says
Guinea-Bissau has confirmed its first three cases of the Zika virus in a group of islands off the mainland and has set up an emergency committee to stop further transmission of the disease, the government said on Friday. Experts have feared the tiny nation could become a gateway for Zika's spread to mainland West Africa,…
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Supreme Court spurns abortion restrictions in two more states
Reverberations from the U.S. Supreme Court's major ruling backing abortion rights were felt on Tuesday as the justices rejected bids by Mississippi and Wisconsin to revive restrictions on abortion doctors matching those struck down in Texas on Monday. The laws in Mississippi and Wisconsin required doctors to have “admitting privileges,” a type of difficult-to-obtain formal…
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Gilead wins U.S. nod for drug for all types of hepatitis C
(Reuters) – U.S. health regulators on Tuesday approved a combination drug by Gilead Sciences Inc that is the first available treatment for all six major forms of hepatitis C, advancing the company’s leadership in the field and sending its shares up almost 4 percent. Gilead has dominated the hepatitis C market over rivals AbbVie and…