February 19, 2016 US, Brazil researchers join forces to battle Zika virus Top U.S. and Brazilian medical experts met on Thursday to launch a research partnership to find a vaccine against the Zika virus that has spread rapidly since it first appeared in the Americas last year.
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February 18, 2016 World Bank offers $150M to countries affected by Zika The World Bank said on Thursday it is making $150 million in financing immediately available to help combat the Zika virus outbreak in affected Latin American and Caribbean countries.
February 18, 2016 Study suggests Zika can cross placenta, adds to microcephaly link In what experts describe as another piece of evidence linking Zika with the risk of birth defects, researchers on Wednesday reported finding the virus in the amniotic fluid of two pregnant women whose fetuses were diagnosed with microcephaly.
February 18, 2016 More young breast cancer patients having genetic tests In recent years, more than 95 percent of U.S. women diagnosed with cancer at age 40 or younger got tested for mutations that raise their risk of future cancers, according to a new study.
February 18, 2016 Colombia's forecast on Zika-linked birth defect may be too high, health minister says Colombia, seen as a key test case for the impacts of a Zika outbreak, is reconsidering its own forecast of babies likely to be born with a rare birth defect linked to the mosquito-borne virus, indicating that it may be too high.
February 18, 2016 First case of Zika confirmed in Trinidad and Tobago A 61-year-old woman was confirmed as the first Zika case in Trinidad and Tobago, the country's health ministry said on Wednesday.
February 18, 2016 FDA likely underestimated fetal deaths from Essure: analyst The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may have greatly underestimated the number of fetal deaths among women who became pregnant after using Bayer AG's Essure contraceptive device, according to a private analyst who combed through the agency's public database.
February 17, 2016 Study finds nutrient may offer women protection against breast cancer For girls and young women, getting a lot of fiber could pay off decades later with lowered risk of developing breast cancer, according to a large U.S. study.
February 17, 2016 Brazil reports more cases of microcephaly under investigation Brazil's health ministry on Wednesday reported 4,443 suspected and confirmed cases of microcephaly, up from 4,314 the previous week, as the South American country wrestles with an outbreak of Zika virus and its suspected link to the rare birth defect.