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Zika May Spread Through Oral Sex--And Through Kissing, Scientists Warn
2016-06-06 12:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Amid increasing number of Zika cases in the world, scientists are now raising the possibility that the virus may be transmitted not only through vaginal sex but also by oral sex and kissing. In a letter to The New England Journal of Medicine, scientists cited a case in France where a 24-year-od woman was infected with the virus after having sex with her partner, a 46-year-old man who returned to Paris from Rio de Janeiro, which has the most number of infected people. While in Brazil, the man...
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Military discloses at least 11 troops infected with Zika virus this year
2016-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: At least 11 U.S. troops have been infected with the Zika virus since January, nearly all of whom traveled to countries where the mosquito-born illness is prevalent, a Pentagon health report published Friday disclosed. In addition, four dependents of servicemembers - which can include spouses and children - and two military retirees contracted the illness, according to the report. It underscored the risks to military personnel of child-bearing age exposed to the virus during deployments. A fetus...
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Chasing an epidemic: On the road with Brazil's Zika detectives
2016-05-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: In a place where the bite of a common mosquito has brought crippling birth defects and early death, they are the detectives sent to gather clues about the crime. The four women have been plying the back roads of northeastern Brazil for days. Their quarry: new mothers who may have been infected with the Zika virus during their pregnancies. Conceicao Alcantara, a 34-year-old woman who'd given birth the month before, was on their list. Her daughter was born with microcephaly, a serious condition...
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World Health Organization rejects call to postpone Rio Olympics over Zika
2016-05-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: The World Health Organization says there is "no public health justification" for postponing or canceling the Rio Summer Olympics because of the Zika outbreak in Brazil. The assessment, in a statement early Saturday, came a day after 150 health experts issued an open letter to the U.N. health agency calling for the games to be delayed or relocated "in the name of public health." Friday's letter cited recent scientific evidence that the Zika virus causes severe birth defects , most notably babies...
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Zika fears prompt 150 public health experts to call for olympics to be moved from Rio
2016-05-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC: A group of 150 prominent scientists, doctors and medical ethicists have signed a letter calling for this summer's Olympic Games to be postponed or moved from Rio de Janeiro due to the ongoing Zika virus outbreak in Brazil. In a letter directed to World Health Organization Director Dr. Margaret Chan, the group said that new findings about the Zika virus should result in the games being moved or postponed to safeguard the thousands of athletes, staff and reporters scheduled to attend the games....
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