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Why the DRC Ebola outbreak was declared a global emergency and why it matters

In mid-July the WHO declared the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

August 21, 2019
Published in Health

The sterile Aedes aegypti male mosquitoes did not bite or spread disease. | Photo: Reuters

Australian Experiment Cuts Dengue Mosquito Population by 80%

Australian scientists managed to successfully eliminate 80% of a disease-carrying mosquito species during trials that were conducted across locations in north Queensland.

July 11, 2018
Published in Health

St. Lucia records first case of microcephaly for the year

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Dec 13, CMC – St. Lucia has recorded its first case of microcephaly for this year and health authorities are awaiting the results of tests to see whether the case is linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

December 13, 2016
Published in Health

he new Zika replicon system has deleted some of the genes that give the virus its structure. (Representational Picture)

Novel tool to may lead to Zika vaccines

Scientists have developed a way to replicate the Zika virus, stripping it of the genes that make the virus infectious, an advance that may lower the safety risk involved in working with it and pave the way for vaccine development.

November 19, 2016
Published in Health

Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh confirmed the first case of a baby born in T&T with microcephaly as a result of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

Trinidad and Tobago confirms first case of microcephaly linked to Zika virus

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Oct 31, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Monday confirmed the first case of a baby born with microcephaly as a result of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

November 1, 2016
Published in Health

Dominica's Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Johnson

Dominica confirms seven Zika cases among pregnant women

ROSEAU, Dominica, Sept 7, CMC – Dominica has confirmed that seven pregnant women had contracted the mosquito-borne Zika virus in addition to two other cases of persons with the Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), in which a person’s own immune system damages the nerve cells, causing muscle weakness, and sometimes, paralysis.

September 7, 2016
Published in Health

Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ) President Myrton Smith

MAJ wants gov't to outline plans for Zika related Guillian-Barre Syndrome cases

KINGSTON, Jamaica September 6, 2016 - The Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ), has added its voice to the mounting calls for the Minister of Health to outline plans to deal with cases of the neurological disease, Guillian-Barre syndrome (GBS), which has been linked to the Zika virus.

September 6, 2016
Published in Health

US and Cuba to host Zika forum in Havana

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep. 4, CMC – Health officials from the United States and Cuba will meet here in November for a two-day forum to focus on the mosquito borne Zika virus.

September 4, 2016
Published in Health

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