Tag: viral infection
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Three Pregnant Women in Florida Test Positive for Zika Virus
Health officials in South Florida confirm 3 pregnant women have tested positive for the Zika virus. The total number of cases in the state...
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First Zika Virus Case Confirmed in Georgia
The dreaded Zika virus has hit close to home. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta confirmed the first case of Zika...
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Confirmed: Zika Virus Transmitted Through Sex
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a case of sexually transmitted Zika virus infection in the Dallas, Texas area.
The CDC confirmed...
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Obama Calls for Zika Virus Vaccine Development; Health Experts Warn ‘Don’t Get Pregnant Until 2018’
President Barack Obama is calling for urgent research into developing a vaccine, testing and treatment for the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
"The president emphasized the need...
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Zika Virus That Shrinks Babies Brains Spreads to New York
A mosquito-borne virus that causes horrific birth defects in babies has spread to New York from Latin America.
ABC affiliate WABC-TV reports four cases of...
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Defiant Nurse Breaks Ebola Quarantine, Takes Bike Ride
A defiant epidemiology nurse broke quarantine to go for a bike ride with her boyfriend today in Maine. Hordes of photographers ran alongside Kaci...