February 5, 2016 Florida extends health emergency over Zika amid growing US concern TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott expanded a public health emergency over the Zika virus on Thursday, adding a fifth county to the list of areas in the state with travel-related cases.
February 5, 2016 Tropical Tonga declares Zika outbreak after 5 cases confirmed The tiny South Pacific island nation of Tonga has declared an outbreak of the Zika virus after five cases of the mosquito-borne illness were confirmed and another 259 suspected, the country's chief medical officer said on Friday.
February 5, 2016 Brazil Zika cases raise concern of virus transmission beyond mosquitoes Authorities in Brazil, where a Zika outbreak has been linked to severe birth defects, on Thursday disclosed two cases of transmission tied to blood transfusions, adding to concerns over the spread of the virus.
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February 4, 2016 Brazil confirms Zika infection from a blood transfusion Brazilian health authorities confirmed on Thursday a case of transmission of Zika through a transfusion of blood from a donor who had been infected with the mosquito-borne virus that is spreading rapidly through the Americas.
February 4, 2016 Reproductive technology linked to birth defects, childhood leukemia Women who use in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other reproductive technologies may be more likely to have children with certain cancers or developmental delays than their peers who conceive the old-fashioned way, two new studies suggest.
February 4, 2016 Venezuela medical shortages put Zika-linked Guillain-Barre cases at risk Construction worker Roberto Miguez has been lying in a hospital bed with Guillain-Barre syndrome in Venezuela's muggy Anzoategui state since Friday as his family desperately hunts for immunoglobulin to treat the condition.
February 4, 2016 Florida governor declares health emergency in four counties over Zika TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a public health emergency in four counties with travel-related cases of the Zika virus on Wednesday, and ordered state officials to increase mosquito control efforts in some of the most populous parts of the state.
February 4, 2016 Health officials want more Zika samples, data from Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Brazil is not sharing enough samples and disease data to let researchers determine whether the Zika virus is, as feared, linked to the increased number of babies born with abnormally small heads in the South American country, U.N. and U.S. health officials say.