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    Zika virus warning expanded to 22 countries...
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    US expands Zika virus travel warning to 22 countries
    Sun, Jan 24, 2016 - MICROCEPHALY PROBE: An apparent link between the virus and an increase in the number of babies being born with unusually small heads in Brazil is being investigated
     
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    Brazil needs to get a handle on this before it ruins the Olympics...
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    Brazil Steps Up Zika Virus Fight in Olympics Run-up
    January 24, 2016 - Brazilian officials have announced measures to prevent the spread of the Zika virus during the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games later this year.
     
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    Zika virus 'likely to spread across Americas'...
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    Zika virus: Outbreak 'likely to spread across Americas' says WHO
    25 Jan.`16 - The Zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas, the World Health Organization has warned.
     
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    Zika now in England...
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    U.K. diagnoses 3 with Zika virus; CDC expands travel warnings
    Jan. 24, 2016 -- Officials in the U.K. diagnosed three British travelers with the Zika virus as the Centers for Disease Control in the United States expanded its travel warnings.
     
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    Granny says, "Quick, run an' hide - it's gonna kill us all!...
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    Virginia resident who traveled abroad tests positive for Zika virus
    26 Jan.`16 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Virginia resident who traveled outside the United States has tested positive for the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus, state health officials said on Tuesday.
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    The Latest: Doctor calls for more Zika info in Venezuela
    Jan 26,`16 -- The latest on the fight against the Zika virus that health officials suspect is linked to a wave of birth defects in Brazil. (All times local):
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    Health minister: Brazil is 'losing battle' against mosquito
    Jan 26,`16) -- Brazil's health minister says the country is sending some 220,000 troops to battle the mosquito blamed for spreading a virus suspected of causing birth defects - but he also says the war is already being lost.
     
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    Outbreak of microcephaly cases due to zika...
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    Brazil: 270 of 4,180 suspected microcephaly cases confirmed
    Jan 27,`16 -- New figures released Wednesday by Brazil's Health Ministry as part of a probe into the Zika virus have found fewer cases of a rare birth defect than first feared.
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    Brazil urges joint Zika fight, airlines offer refunds
    27 Jan.`16 - Brazil urged its neighbors to unite in fighting the Zika virus, blamed for a surge in brain-damaged babies, as airlines offered refunds to pregnant mothers afraid to travel to the region.
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    Zika virus could become 'explosive pandemic'
    27 Jan.`16 - US scientists have urged the World Health Organisation to take urgent action over the Zika virus, which they say has "explosive pandemic potential".
     
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    Spreading like a plague...
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    Zika virus 'spreading explosively': WHO chief
    28 Jan.`16 - The Zika virus is "spreading explosively" in the Americas and the region may see up to four million cases of the disease strongly suspected of causing birth defects, the World Health Organization warned Thursday.
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    Microcephaly: What is happening to the babies?
    28 Jan.`16 - Pregnant women are being urged to think twice before travelling to Latin American and Caribbean countries battling a rise in cases of microcephaly -- a rare but brutal condition that shrinks the brains of unborn babies.
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    Zika vaccine may be ready for emergency use this year: developer
    28 Jan.`16 - A vaccine for the Zika virus, which has been linked to severe birth defects in thousands of infants, could be ready for emergency use before year-end, one of its lead developers said on Thursday, a timetable well ahead of estimates by U.S. officials.
     
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    You dirty rats...
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    Rat Poison Flies Off Shelves as Lassa Fever Spreads in Nigeria
    January 27, 2016 — An outbreak of a fever similar to the Ebola virus has Nigeria on edge.
     
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    Olympic venues to be inspected daily before and during Games...
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    Zika virus: Olympic venues to be inspected daily before and during Games
    29 Jan.`16 - Olympic venues will be inspected daily in the lead-up to and during this summer's Games in Rio in an attempt to minimise the impact of the Zika virus.
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    Deformed babies also suffering eye damage linked to Zika in Brazil
    29 Jan.`16 - Children born with abnormally small heads and brain defects linked to the outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil are also suffering serious damage to their eyesight and possibly their hearing, doctors said on Thursday.
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    CDC: 31 Cases of ‘Travel-Related’ Zika Confirmed in U.S.
    January 28, 2016 | Thirty-one “travel-related” cases of the Zika virus have been confirmed in the U.S., according to a spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
     
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    Grinnin' Jimmy hopes guinea worm gonna be eradicated in Africa...
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    Jimmy Carter Hopeful for Guinea Worm Eradication in Africa
    February 03, 2016 — Former US President Jimmy Carter says that Guinea worm disease may soon be eradicated, which would be the most exciting accomplishment of his career, although progress is hampered by ongoing conflict in Mali and South Sudan.
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    Higher Temperatures Make Zika Mosquito Spread Disease More
    February 03, 2016 | WASHINGTON — The mosquito behind the Zika virus seems to operate like a heat-driven missile of disease. The hotter it gets, the better the mosquito that carries Zika virus is at transmitting its buffet of dangerous illnesses, scientists say.
     
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    Man vs. the mosquito...
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    Vaccine to Guard Against Dengue Fever Is Almost at Hand
    March 16, 2016 - Researchers are on the cusp of a commercially available vaccine to prevent dengue fever, a viral disease spread by mosquitoes that threatens half of the world’s population. In addition, a vaccine against the Zika virus, a close relative of dengue, will most likely enter clinical trials this year.
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    Kenya on High Alert for Yellow Fever
    March 17, 2016 — Kenya has reported its first case of yellow fever in 25 years. The patient, who died while receiving treatment, is thought to have arrived five days ago from Angola, a country that is fighting to stop the outbreak of the disease.
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    To Stop Zika, Aedes Aegypti Mosquito Must Be Controlled
    March 17, 2016 - Scientists are in a race against time in their efforts to stop the spread of the Zika virus. The World Health Organization estimates that as many as 4 million people could be infected with the Zika virus by the end of the year and, of course, the biggest fear is the virus' link to birth defects.
     
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    Doctors without Borders brings cholera vaccine to Zambia...
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    MSF Begins Cholera Vaccination Campaign in Zambia's Capital
    April 09, 2016 - The medical charity Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières has begun the largest-ever oral cholera vaccination project in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, the organization announced Saturday in a statement.
     
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    Granny says it's one o' dem end time plagues...
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    WHO: Angola Yellow Fever Outbreak Spreads to DRC
    April 12, 2016 - The World Health Organization said Monday at least 21 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have died from yellow fever connected to an outbreak in neighboring Angola.
     
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    Yellow Fever outbreak in Angola...
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    WHO Issues Yellow Fever Warning As Deadly Outbreak Grows
    Wednesday 27th April, 2016 - At least 258 people have been killed by the disease.
     
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    Global Shortage of Yellow Fever Vaccine...
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    What is Behind the Global Shortage in Yellow Fever Vaccine?
    May 05, 2016 — Globally, around 80 million doses of yellow fever vaccine are made each year; manufacturers say it can be hard to predict how much vaccine will be needed and that they can't afford to over produce
     
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    WHO cuts back yellow fever vaccine dosage to eke out supplies...
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    WHO backs cut in yellow fever vaccine dose to eke out supplies
    June 17, 2016 - World Health Organization advisers have recommended using a fifth of the standard dose of yellow fever vaccine in the event of a global shortage to combat the worst outbreak of the deadly disease in decades.
     
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    Yellow fever frontline...
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    Angola's front line against yellow fever
    Tue, 21 Jun 2016 - Angola is struggling to contain a yellow fever outbreak that has killed more than 300 people since December and is threatening other countries.
     
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    WHO responding to yellow fever outbreak...
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    WHO to Provide Emergency Yellow Fever Vaccines on Angola-DRC Border
    June 23, 2016 - The World Health Organization (WHO) will launch emergency vaccination campaigns for Yellow Fever along the border between Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, it announced Thursday.
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    Key African Anti-Venom About to Permanently Run Out
    June 24, 2016 — It sounds like a tale of corporate greed: A particularly effective African anti-venom soon will be completely unavailable because its manufacturer decided it was not profitable. Remaining stocks of the drug expire at the end of June.
     
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    Red Cross requesting fund to fight Yellow Fever Outbreak...
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    Red Cross Asks for $1.4 Million to Fight Yellow Fever
    July 06, 2016 - The Red Cross launched a $1.4 million emergency appeal Wednesday to fight the spread of yellow fever in Angola, which faces its worst outbreak in 30 years.
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    Shortage of Syringes Hampers Congo's Fight Against Yellow Fever
    July 05, 2016 — A shortage of syringes is hampering plans to vaccinate people in Democratic Republic of Congo against a yellow fever epidemic despite the arrival of more than one million doses of vaccine, health officials said on Tuesday.
     
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    15 Million to Be Vaccinated to Contain Yellow Fever Outbreak
    July 07, 2016 — Scientists say Central African outbreak in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo risks spreading internationally if not halted
     
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    Dengue fever outbreak in Pakistan...
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    Telephone Hotline in Pakistan Predicts Dengue Outbreaks
    July 08, 2016 - Predicting an outbreak of dengue fever could be just a phone call away. A telephone helpline is assisting public health officials in Pakistan predict the incidence of the mosquito-borne disease.
     
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    Genetically Modified Mosquitoes help fight dengue fever...
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    Cases of Dengue Drop 91 Percent Due to Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
    July 14, 2016 - Once again, a technique that modifies insects in order to control their populations has been proven effective. RIDL, which stands for Release of Insects carrying a Dominant Lethal, has been applied to diamondback moths, Mediterranean fruit flies, and olive flies, and it has been used in field trials on mosquitoes in order to reduce cases of dengue.
     
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    Cholera outbreak suspected in So. Sudan...
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    Cholera Outbreak Suspected in Beleaguered South Sudan
    July 20, 2016 : Dozens of people have fallen ill with suspected cholera in South Sudan, a nation already beseiged by civil unrest, the United Nations said.
     
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    WHO 'loses' a million doses of yellow fever vaccine...
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    UN Bungles Response to Africa's Yellow Fever Outbreak
    August 05, 2016 — The World Health Organization and its partners shipped more than 6 million yellow fever vaccines to Angola in February to quash an emerging epidemic, yet when they asked country officials the following month what happened to the vaccines, they discovered that about 1 million doses had mysteriously disappeared.
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    Researchers Find ‘Sign Post’ Toward New Way to Fight Roundworms
    August 04, 2016 | WASHINGTON — People in developed countries tend to think of roundworm as just a problem for dogs and cats. But more than 800 million people around the world are infected with the parasite. The highest infections rates occur in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and south-central Latin America.
     
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    Cholera outbreak in Congo, CAR...
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    Cholera kills 16 people in C. African Republic, 34 in Congo
    Aug 12,`16 -- Central African Republic's health minister says at least 16 people have died from cholera and there have been 66 recorded cases since the beginning of August.
     

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