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The neon Google sign in the foyer of Google’s new Canadian engineering headquarters in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario January 14, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Power/Files

Google Engineers Work with UNICEF to Map Zika Outbreak

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 3, 2016 | World

Google announced on Thursday that its engineers were working with U.N. child agency UNICEF to build a platform that aims to map and predict potential outbreaks of the Zika virus, linked to birth defects among children in Brazil. Alphabet Inc’s Google said in a...

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Health workers spray insecticide to combat the mosquito that transmits the Zika virus (AP)

Brazilian Troops Join Battle against Zika

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 13, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

In a step to intensify its fight against the mosquito transmitting the Zika virus, Brazil’s government launched a nationwide campaign on Saturday, with President Dilma Rousseff and cabinet ministers personally visiting homes in addition to the graduation of...

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Municipal workers gesture before spraying insecticide at the neighborhood of Imbiribeira in Recife, Brazil, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

New Zika Clues to Birth Defect in Fetus Study, Researchers Say

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 11, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Researchers reported on Wednesday new evidence firming the association between Zika virus and a spike in birth defects, referring to the presence of the virus in the brain of an aborted fetus of a European woman who became pregnant while living in Brazil. An autopsy...

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British Firm Fight Zika Virus Using Genetic Modification

British Firm Fight Zika Virus Using Genetic Modification

by Raneem Hannoush | Feb 9, 2016 | World

London- Releasing millions of genetically modified mosquitoes could help stop the Zika outbreak “very quickly,” scientists have claimed. A global health emergency has been declared by the World Health Organization following increased virus reports. The...

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WHO for Asharq Al-Awsat: No Vaccine for Zika Yet!

WHO for Asharq Al-Awsat: No Vaccine for Zika Yet!

by Raneem Hanoush and Nayef al-Rasheed | Feb 3, 2016 | World

WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told Asharq Al-Awsat that the surge in the number of microcephaly cases and the Zika virus may just be coincidental in terms of time and place. He cautioned, however, that experts are not ruling anything out. “One of the curiosities...