February 2, 2016 San Francisco weighs giving condoms to middle schoolers SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- San Francisco's public schools leaders are considering distributing condoms at middle schools.
February 2, 2016 Zika worries Olympic organizers, Brazil sees dip in travel The Rio 2016 organizing committee is worried about the rapid spread of the Zika virus in Brazil, but said on Tuesday it has not seen evidence of people canceling travel to the Olympics in August.
February 2, 2016 WHO to monitor for spread of Zika virus to Africa, Asia The Zika virus linked to a microcephaly outbreak in Latin America could spread to Africa and Asia, and the World Health Organization will set up monitoring sites in the poorest countries with the highest birth rates, it said on Tuesday.
February 2, 2016 Venezuela likely underestimating Zika cases: doctors, Colombia say President Nicolas Maduro's government is likely underestimating the number of Zika cases in Venezuela, which could hurt efforts to combat the virus-bearing mosquito, according to local doctors, opposition politicians and neighboring Colombia.
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 2, 2016 7-months-pregnant woman cheered for 6-pack Stacie Venagro is 31 weeks into her first pregnancy.
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 Study tries to give C-section babies mom's germs they missed Sharing bacteria in the operating room normally is a no-no but in a novel experiment, researchers are giving babies born by C-section a dose of presumably protective germs from mom's birth canal.
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.