Zika
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Doctors urge Congress to pass Zika funding
Without additional, specific funding, development of a Zika vaccine would be severely limited, as would studies critical for protecting women and...
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Zika’s not the only mosquito-borne virus to worry about
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. – As the spread of Zika virus continues to garner attention in the national spotlight, two other mosquito-borne viral...
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Another infant with Zika-related birth defect born in the United States
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Another 199 pregnant women with Zika
The number of pregnant women with laboratory evidence of possible Zika infection in the United States and its territories took its largest jump...
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Guillain-Barré incidence rose with Zika across Americas
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Zika outbreak forces better history taking, tracking
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CDC reports asymptomatic Zika transmission; FDA begins universal blood testing
Potential transmission via sexual intercourse and blood transfusions from asymptomatic individuals are alarming public health agencies in the...
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United States nears 1,400 cases of Zika in pregnant women
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Zika virus persists in serum for more than 2 months in newborns
Zika virus infections can persist for more than 2 months after birth in congenitally infected infants, indicating that viral shedding of Zika can...
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Zika virus pits pregnant women against time, knowledge gaps
The scramble to learn exactly how and when after infection the Zika virus affects the developing fetus, has put pregnant women at the center of an...
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Local Zika virus transmission identified in second area of Miami
A section of Miami Beach follows Wynwood as the second pocket of ongoing Zika transmission, along with other isolated cases in Miami.