Month: February 2016

An Aedes aegypti mosquito is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. The mosquito is a vector for the proliferation of the Zika virus currently spreading throughout Latin America. New figures from Brazil's Health Ministry show that the Zika virus outbreak has not caused as many confirmed cases of a rare brain defect as first feared. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

WHO Declares Public Health Emergency Around Zika Virus

The World Health Organization declared a “public health emergency of international concern” on Monday morning due to the clusters of microcephaly and other neurological abnormalities […]

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