ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Sometime next year, genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the Florida Keys in an effort to combat persistent insect-borne diseases such as Dengue fever...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida shattered the national record Sunday for the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any state since the beginning of the pandemic, adding...
NEW DELHI (AP) — The number of Zika virus cases has crossed 100 in Rajasthan, a state in northern India where palaces and forts draw large numbers of tourists each year.
The Press Trust of India news agency reports eight new cases were reported from the state capital of Jaipur on Saturday.
The agency says that the new cases come amid a state health department investigation to track the outbreak of Zika in pregnant women in their first trimester.
BONITO, Brazil (AP) — It's well before dawn, but Jose Wesley Campos giggles nonstop as his mother plays with his thick glasses while preparing to take the toddler to a doctor's appointment three hours away.
"Sometimes, it is as if he swallowed a clown," said his mother, Solange Ferreira.
FREI MIGUELINHO, Brazil (AP) — On Tuesdays, 18-month-old Joaquim Santos spends an hour sitting by himself in a corner of a special needs classroom in this small city in northeast Brazil, one of the country's poorest regions and one hit hard by the Zika virus.
Two harried teachers look on as other toddlers play around Joaquim, who has severe developmental delays after being born with a small head.
FREI MIGUELINHO, Brazil (AP) — On Tuesdays, 18-month-old Joaquim Santos spends an hour sitting by himself in a corner of a special needs classroom in this small city in northeast Brazil, one of the country's poorest regions and one hit hard by the Zika virus.
Two harried teachers look on as other toddlers play around Joaquim, who has severe developmental delays after being born with a small head.
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SAO PAULO (AP) — The birth rate in Brazil has fallen by its fastest rate in nearly three decades after the Zika and microcephaly crisis of 2016.
Brazil's statistics agency said on Tuesday there were 2.79 million births in 2016, a 5 percent decrease from the year prior.
The birth rate fell by 10 percent in the northeastern state of Pernambuco, where the Zika virus hit particularly hard.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Zika virus may not seem as big a threat as last summer but don't let your guard down — especially if you're pregnant or trying to be.
While cases of the birth defect-causing virus have dropped sharply from last year's peak in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, Zika hasn't disappeared from the region and remains a potential threat.
MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on heavy rainfall in Florida (all times local):
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All the rain soaking parts of Florida could create breeding sites for mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus.
Mosquito control officials are urging residents to drain anything that has collected water during heavy rainfall this week. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes breed in containers of stagnant water, including items as small as bottle caps.
NEW DELHI (AP) — India has reported its first three cases of the Zika virus, including two pregnant women who delivered healthy babies.
Health Ministry officials said Sunday that the three patients in western Gujarat state had recovered. "There is no need to panic," Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, a top Health Ministry official, told reporters.
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SAO PAULO (AP) — A new international report says the Zika virus epidemic may be imposing billions of dollars of costs on nations across the Americas.
The report issued in New York Thursday by the U.N. Development Program and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says the costs through 2017 alone are likely to total $7 billion to $18 billion.