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A worker fumigates a house to kill mosquitoes in, Nicaragua. Reuters
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Tubes of the Zika virus in a German laboratory. Reuters
WHO Says Zika Increasingly Alarming but Olympics should be OK
The World Health Organization’s chief said Tuesday that the agency is increasingly worried about the Zika virus but stopped short of recommending the cancellation or the postponement of the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. In a briefing Tuesday in Geneva, Dr....Caption:
File photo shows an Aedes aegypti mosquito inside a test tube as part of a research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases at a control and prevention center in Guadalupe, neighbouring Monterrey
A Bipartisan Deal Funding to Fight Zika Virus
WASHINGTON – A new funding package was introduced as a solution to the spending bill of funding Zika. Next week U.S. Senators will have the chance to vote for one of different proposed options that best fund the White House’s request for $1.9 billion. Meanwhile, the...Caption:
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to be tested for various diseases perch inside a container at the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory in Panama City
Spain Reports First Case of Zika-Related Microcephaly
MADRID- According to official statistics, since the 3rd of May, approximately 105 people were reported in Spain to have been infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus. Nevertheless, Spanish health authorities stated that they had detected the very first known case...Caption:
Gleyce Kelly embraces her daughter Maria Geovana, who has microcephaly, in Recife, Brazil, January 25, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino