February 2, 2016 WHO moves into high gear to combat Zika, microcephaly, expert says The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that it was gearing up to combat the microcephaly outbreak in Latin America linked to the Zika virus, which it feared could spread to Asia and Africa that have "the highest birth rates in the world".
February 2, 2016 Australia reports 2 cases of Zika virus, detects mosquitoes at Sydney airport Two Australians were diagnosed with the Zika virus after returning home from travels in the Caribbean, a state health service said on Tuesday, confirming the first cases of the mosquito-borne virus in the country this year.
February 1, 2016 WHO declares Zika virus international emergency The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas, calling it an "extraordinary event" that poses a public health threat to other parts of the world.
February 1, 2016 Brazil's Zika virus outbreak worse than believed, health minister says Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Castro said on Monday that the Zika epidemic in his country is worse than believed because in 80 percent of the cases the infected people have no symptoms.
February 1, 2016 Factbox: Why the Zika virus is causing alarm in the Americas Global health officials say the Zika virus, linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil, is spreading rapidly in the Americas and could infect 3 million to 4 million people.
February 1, 2016 3rd Zika case confirmed in Illinois, health officials say An Illinois male resident who traveled to Columbia is the U.S. state's third case of the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus, health officials said on Friday.
February 1, 2016 64 percent of US survey respondents to cancel travel to Zika-hit regions A survey by travel risk manager On Call International found that about 64 percent of American respondents would cancel their travel to Zika virus-affected countries.
February 1, 2016 Did Brazil, global health agencies fumble Zika response? Rio de Janeiro (Reuters) - Last January, long lines formed outside health clinics in Recife, a city in Brazil's northeast hit hard in recent years by outbreaks of dengue, a painful tropical disease.
February 1, 2016 More than 2,100 pregnant Colombian women infected with Zika virus More than 2,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the country's national health institute said on Saturday.
February 1, 2016 The Brazilian doctors who sounded alarm on Zika and microcephaly When they first started seeing newborns with shrunken skulls last August, Dr. Vanessa van der Linden Mota and her mother, Dr. Ana van der Linden, didn’t realize they were looking at a looming public-health disaster.