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Transat AT earnings battered by low loonie, Zika virus and strike threat
2016-03-10 23:09:51| Real Estate - Topix.net
Tour operator Transat AT expects to struggle with profitability over the rest of the winter season amid an ongoing hit from the low Canadian dollar, the impact of the Zika virus on travel plans and a recently resolved labour dispute. The Montreal-based company estimates that over the last three winters, including this one, it has had to absorb about $150 million in net additional costs even after accounting for savings from lower fuel prices - or about $70 per tour package booked.
Could climate change be the culprit in spread of Zika virus?
2016-03-09 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The Zika virus sweeping across South America may be only one of several long-dormant infections that will resurface in coming years because of climate change and deforestation, says a Johns Hopkins University neurologist now leading research efforts in Colombia, one of the countries hardest hit by the disease. According to Dr. Carlos Pardo Villamizar, warmer climates may have triggered the emergence and subsequent spread of the Zika virus by making more of the world habitable for the Aedes aegypti...
Google Joins Effort to Stop Zika Virus Spread
2016-03-07 19:46:39| TechNewsWorld
Google last week announced it would contribute $1 million to the UN Children's Fund to support the global fight against the mosquito-borne Zika virus. A team of Google engineers has volunteered to work with UNICEF to analyze data in an effort to figure out the viral infection's path. It also will match employee donations with the goal of giving an extra $500,000.
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BioCryst's Drug For Zika Virus Shows Promise In Mice
2016-03-07 18:44:12| Biotech - Topix.net
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Monday a dose of its experimental antiviral drug improved survival rates in mice infected with the Zika virus in a preclinical study. Two doses of the drug, BCX443, were tested against a placebo and an oral antiviral called ribavarin for their effect on survival of immune-deficient mice infected with Zika.
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First case of Zika virus detected in Philippines since 2012
2016-03-06 22:18:17| Biotech - Topix.net
An American woman was infected with the Zika virus while visiting the Philippines, health department officials said Sunday, the first case detected in the country for several years. Health Secretary Janette Garin said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had informed her that a US resident who stayed in the Philippines for four weeks in January had apparently developed symptoms in her last week before returning to America.
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