Sex ban recommended for British tourists in Florida after Zika outbreak
The Daily Telegraph has reported that the UK government is advising the approximately 50,000 British holidaymakers currently in Florida should avoid unprotected sex for the rest of the summer holidays because of the risk from Zika virus. An outbreak of four mosquito-transmitted cases yesterday prompted Public Health England (PHE) to advise pregnant women to consider postponing non-essential travel...
Top Athletes pull out of Rio over Zika fears
Defending Olympic tennis champions Bob and Mike Bryan have pulled out of the Rio Olympics less than a week before the opening ceremony citing health concerns over the Zika virus. The IB Times reported the following athletes have also pulled out of the Rio Olympics. Rory McIlroy (Golf), Vijay Singh (Golf), Thomas Berdych (Tennis), Adam Scott (Golf), Louis Oosthuizen (Golf), Shane Lowry (Golf), Cha...
Zika spreading in the continental USA
The four cases of Zika infection in Miami, likely the result of bites from local mosquitoes, may be just the beginning of the spread of the virus in the continental US, a health official said Friday. The Florida Department of Health reported Friday that the four people — a woman and three men — infected earlier this month in Miami are the first known “homegrown” cases of Zika virus in ...
Mysterious Zika Cases Raise US Mosquito Fears – Sky News
Mysterious Zika Cases Raise US Mosquito Fears Florida officials are investigating four cases of Zika that do not appear to be related to travel, raising fears mosquitoes in the US are spreading the virus. Up to now, the 1,400 infections reported in the US have been linked to people going to countries with Zika outbreaks in South America and the Caribbean. Two new cases have been announced in neigh...
As many as 1.65 million women in Latin America could be infected with Zika while pregnant
As many as 1.65 million women in Latin America could be infected with Zika while pregnant, meaning tens of thousands of pregnancies could be at risk, researchers said Monday. It’s the first real estimate of just how many actual pregnancies are at real risk, based on birth rates in each country and other factors. Brazil’s likely to be the worst affected, the team at the University of No...
Zika causes baby eye problems
The BBC reports that scientists studying the Zika outbreak in Brazil are becoming increasingly concerned the virus may cause eye damage in babies. Stanford University researchers found abnormal bleeding and lesions in the eyes of three infant boys whose mothers had caught Zika while pregnant. They want any babies known to be affected by Zika to have eye checks. The journal of Ophthalmology finding...
First two Zika virus cases reported in Vietnam
The Daily Telegraph reports that two Vietnamese women have contracted the Zika virus which has been linked to thousands of suspected cases of microcephaly, a rare birth defect, in Brazil, and are the first Zika infections in Vietnam, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. A 64-year-old woman in the beach city of Nha Trang and another woman, 33, in Ho Chi Minh City fell sick in late March, and three ...
Zika virus could infect four million people in the Americas – and has ‘explosive pandemic potential’
The Zika virus could infect up to four million people, the World Health Organisation has warned. The virus, which is strongly suspected of causing birth defects including the shrinking of foetuses’ brains and heads, has the potential to become an “explosive pandemic”, WHO also said. Mosquitoes are reportedly being transported in the tread of car tyres Mosquito-borne Zika could in...
After more than two months in a coma brought on by dengue fever, actor dies
Popular actor Tridsadee “Por” Sahawong died on Monday morning, five days short of his 36th birthday, after more than two months in a coma brought on by dengue haemorrhagic fever. Amputation, coma and death from Dengue fever.
Creeping Paralysis in South America linked to Zika
Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, and several other countries have detected more GBS cases than usual, just as French Polynesia saw a surge of GBS cases during a Zika outbreak there in 2013 and 2014, according to the World Health Organization. In Colombia, three people with Zika-associated GBS have died, and health officials are investigating six other deaths. The country typically reports 240 or so ...
Zika virus pregnancy case confirmed in Spain – first in Europe
Spain has confirmed that a pregnant woman has been diagnosed with the Zika virus – the first such case in Europe. The health ministry said the woman had recently returned from Colombia, where it is believed she was infected. Zika present in Europe
Zika Lingers in Semen
The Zika virus may lurk in a man’s semen long after any symptoms of the disease disappear, experts today warned. It raises fears the disease, which is spreading through the Americas, could be spread via sexual contact. Last week, health officials in Texas confirmed the first known case of sexual transmission of Zika during this outbreak, which started early last year. Zika Lingers in Semen