Showing posts with label Zika Virus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zika Virus. Show all posts

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Bad news for Rory McIlroy as Zika virus reaches homestead Florida

Zika Virus: What We Know (And What We Don"t)US officials announced that four cases of the virus has been contracted via mosquito bites in the state, where McIlroy resides with his fiance Erica Stoll in the coastal town of Jupiter, in a plush mansion he purchased in 2012.When deciding against representing Ireland in golfs first appearance at the games in 104 years, McIlroy claimed that it was his desire to start a family...
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West Nile bigger threat than Zika virus in SD

Mosquitos in South Florida transmitting Zika virus If theres good advice for most South Dakotans regarding the Zika virus, its this: worry less about Zika and more about West Nile.Those are the sentiments of South Dakota state epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger, who said most people in the state are safe from Zika if they dont travel...
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Saturday, May 21, 2016

A tool to support public health decisions on Zika virus predicts most planned interventions to be cost-effective

President Obama Receives a Briefing on the Zika VirusA study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases presents a cost-effectiveness tool that can help guide decisions regarding resource allocation to fund interventions targeted at curtailing the ongoing Zika virus outbreak. Analyses using the tool suggest that proposed funds to combat Zika in the US and other countries would be cost-effective, based on quantification...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Pregnant women warned over zika virus

BREAKING: WHO Says "Zika Virus Outbreak Will Spread in Americas Countries" The Ministry of Health and health professionals are advising pregnant women to avoid travelling to areas with the mosquito-borne zika disease.Aedes aegypti mosquitos, which can carry the zika virus, are seen in containers at a lab in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photo: AFPNew Zealand government website SafeTravel lists Samoa as the only Pacific country...
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