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Zika outbreak: 'The more we learn, the worse things seem to get'
Until Zika, "there has never been a mosquito-borne virus that could cause serious defects on a such a large scale," top US health officials said.
Fri Mar 11 2016
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Top airlines offer to re-assign crew from Zika-hit routes
Major US airlines United and Delta and Europe's Lufthansa and Air France are offering to re-assign certain flight crew concerned about contracting the Zika virus from routes to affected countries.
Thu Feb 04 2016
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Race for Zika vaccine gathers momentum as virus spreads
Companies and scientists are racing to create a Zika vaccine as concern grows over the mosquito-borne virus that has been linked to severe birth defects and is spreading quickly through the Americas.
Sat Jan 30 2016
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Brazil declares emergency after 2,400 babies are born with brain damage
Brazilian health authorities are sounding the alarm about a mosquito-borne virus that they believe may be the cause of thousands of infants being born with damaged brains.
Thu Dec 24 2015