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Zika Vaccine Gets Approval To Start Human Testing
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Zika Virus Update: New Lab Test Gets Emergency Approval From FDA
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Swine Flu Outbreak: Mexico Sees Jump In H1N1 Cases With 68 Deaths This Season, Health Ministry Says
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Zika Outbreak: US, Brazilian Health Workers To Study Suspected Link Between Virus And Microcephaly
Experts have pointed out that while the virus is being reported in a number of countries, an increase in microcephaly seems to be restricted to Brazil.
Zika Virus: Inovio Vaccine Induced Robust And Durable Response In Mice, Could Be Tested In Humans Before End Of 2016
Inovio Pharmaceuticals says the vaccine induced robust and durable response in mice, and it expected to test the vaccine in humans before the end of 2016.
Does Zika Cause Birth Defects? CDC Finds ‘Strongest Evidence To Date’ Of Link Between Virus And Microcephaly
The virus was found in the brain tissue of four babies in Brazil who were either miscarried or died shortly after birth.
Amid Zika Virus Fears, Hawaii Island Declares State Of Emergency For Dengue Fever Outbreak
The mayor of the state's largest island made the declaration after two more cases of the fever were declared last week.
US Red Cross Asks People Who Traveled To Zika Virus Areas To Wait 28 Days Before Donating Blood
The American Red Cross request follows a World Health Organization declaration of the virus outbreak as a global health emergency.
Zika Virus Declared An International Emergency By World Health Organization
The World Health Organization has declared the virus an emergency of international concern, even though its suspected link to birth defects remains unproved.
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The health ministry identified the patient as a 71-year-old Omani man and said it was trying to contact 218 passengers and crew who traveled with him to Thailand.
Ebola Cure Found? Gavi, Merck Sign $5 Million Deal For Experimental Vaccine Days After New Case Emerges
The deal was announced a week after a new case was discovered in Sierra, just after the Ebola epidemic in West Africa was declared over.
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The news comes just a day after the World Health Organization declared the deadly outbreak over in West Africa.
Liberia Declared Ebola-Free, Ending Deadly Outbreak In West Africa, World Health Organization Says
The World Heath Organization announced Thursday that Liberia was free of the deadly virus but warned that "more flare-ups are expected."
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Guinea, one of the African nations where the most recent outbreak of Ebola took place, has asked Russia for help in dispensing the vaccine.
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