Ebola/ zika

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Colombia Braced For Explosion In Zika Cases

Mosquito eggs that are lying dormant will hatch within hours of the start of the country's rainy season in a few weeks.

19:19, UK, Tuesday 16 February 2016

The number of Zika cases in Colombia is expected to soar when the rainy season starts in a matter of weeks.

The country's National Institute of Health says almost 32,000 people have been diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease since the start of the epidemic.

news.sky.com: Colombia Braced For Explosion In Zika Cases

 

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world media starting to get overawed again re zika ..

New super-infected mosquito strain could help fight dengue, Zika viruses
ABC Science
By Anna Salleh
Updated 14 minutes ago

PHOTO: Mosquitoes infected with two strains of the Wolbachia bacteria could ensure transmission of dengue and Zika viruses are controlled in the future (Cameron Simmons)
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MAP: University of Melbourne 3010PLOS Pathogens reports on the development in the lab of an Aedes aegypti strain of mosquito that has been infected with two types of Wolbachia — a bacterium that can reduce the risk of dengue spreading to humans.

The "super-infected" mosquito is more effective at blocking dengue than the singly-infected insect, co-author Professor Cameron Simmons from the Peter Doherty Institute at the University of Melbourne said.

The insect strain could also be useful in preventing the dengue virus developing resistance to Wolbachia, he added.

"It would be a higher hurdle for the virus to get over the top of," he said.

Laboratory evidence also suggests such Wolbachia biocontrol could be useful for other viruses carried by Aedes aegypti, including Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever virus, Professor Simmons said.

In recent years, scientists have found they can limit the replication of these viruses in mosquitoes by injecting mosquitoes with a strain of Wolbachia called wMel.

www.abc.net.au: Super- infected mozzies could stop dengue and Zika

right at the time when this outbreak is happening, the ever clever Americans vote this in/out duh'
California Rejects Condom Rule For Porn Stars

Porn stars are told they don't have to wear condoms after arguing it would turn off viewers and threaten existing safety measures.

10:52, UK,Friday 19 February 2016

AIDS charities have long campaigned for new industry safety measures

news.sky.com: California Rejects Condom Rule For Porn Stars

Scientists Close In On Zika Link With Paralysis

Researchers in Colombia tell Sky News they have detected Zika in the blood of five patients with Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

05:05, UK,Thursday 18 February 2016

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By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent

Scientists say they are on the verge of confirming that Zika is the cause of the paralysing condition Guillain-Barre.

Colombian researchers told Sky News they have detected the virus lingering in the blood of five patients with the syndrome.

Such persistent infection can trigger the chain reaction that leads the immune system to go rogue and attack the nerves, causing the paralysis.

With every additional case the cause becomes more certain, according to Dr Andreas Zea, a neurologist in Cali who is closely involved in the joint Colombian-American research project.

"In my mind it is related to Zika," he said.

It is terrible. It’s a mosquito. Only one bite and 15, 20 days later you are going to be in intensive care. These patients have families."

We tracked down the family of Alix Mulato.

A month ago the 45-year-old was a stout sugar cane worker.

news.sky.com: Scientists Close In On Zika Link With Paralysis

Video: Living With Guillain-Barre Syndrome

 

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well,who is to know huh, thory stage still,maybe, unfortunately ..

Latin American Doctors Suggest Monsanto-Linked Larvicide Cause of Microcephaly, Not Zika Virus

ecowatch.com: Latin American Doctors Suggest Monsanto-Linked Larvicide Cause of Microcephaly, Not Zika Virus

wouldent congress block it all the way, theyd rather see the world suffering than allow that to happen???

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times - Thursday, February 18, 2016
Powerful House Republicans told the Obama administration Thursday to use leftover funds from the Ebola fight to address the spread of Zika virus, saying it is the fastest way to respond to the latest global health scare and that Congress can replace the money later on, if needed.

House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Harold Rogers said the administration hasn’t spent about $2.7 billion of the $5.3 billion set aside to deal with the Ebola outbreak that ravaged West Africa from December 2013 to late 2015.

www.washingtontimes.com: Zika virus funds should be diverted from Ebola response moneys: GOP

and so say all of us ..

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Venezuela 'under-reporting Zika cases'
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As the Zika virus continues to spread across South America, countries like Brazil and Colombia have been giving regular updates on the number of people affected.

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Venezuela 'under-reporting Zika cases' - BBC News

 

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GOOD news for Pauline
always had a soft spot for the dear soul, unlike the many many male warmongers
that are so prolific in the world today
yeah, had to say it ..

Nurse Discharged Again After Ebola Treatment


16:11, UK, Sunday 28 February 2016

Pauline Cafferkey has been discharged

Nurse Pauline Cafferkey has today been discharged from hospital after being treated for a third time since contracting Ebola.

Confirming the news, the Royal Free Hospital, in London, said: "We can confirm that Pauline is not infectious.

news.sky.com: Nurse Discharged Again After Ebola Treatment

 

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Pictures Capture Daily Battle Against Zika Mosquitoes

“It’s almost impossible to control,” says photographer Tomás Munita, who documented daily life in Brazil’s favelas.

A health worker fumigates a poor favela, or slum, in the city of Recife, Brazil. Fumigating is one of the government’s efforts to prevent the spread of Zika.

news.nationalgeographic.com: Pictures Capture Daily Battle Against Zika Mosquitoes


Daily Life With the Zika Virus

Photograph by Tomás Munita
The race is on in Brazil to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito and halt the spread of the Zika virus it is thought to carry. But in poor, rubbish-strewn neighborhoods, where something as small as a discarded bottle top filled with rainwater can become a breeding ground, the challenge is monumental. Photographer Tomás Munita visited the densely populated slums in the city of Recife to document what has become a part of daily life—fumigations, door-to-door public awareness campaigns, and a troubling uptick in babies born with microcephaly.
See the pictures.
Read about Munita’s experience on Proof.
By Becky Little
Photographs by Tomás Munita
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 25, 2016

How do you stop disease-carrying mosquitoes from multiplying? That’s the question plaguing the Brazilian government, which has been sending army soldiers door to door on a mission to fight Zika—the virus suspected of causingmicrocephaly in infants born to infected mothers.

 

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related/unrelated, very much of interest ..
and
another gaff by Hillary, apparently, but..

The Stream - Aging with HIV

Published on Mar 16, 2016
On the Stream: Life expectancy is increasing for long-term HIV survivors, but so are the challenges.

 

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back to the e instead of the Z at the moment?

Two Cases Of Ebola Confirmed In Guinea

Part of the west African country is locked down by the authorities and vaccines are taken to the area to avoid new infections.

00:16, UK, Friday 18 March 2016

Guinea had been declared free of the Ebola virus at the end of last year

Two people have tested positive for Ebola in Guinea, months after the country was declared free of the deadly virus.

Both patients are from the same village, Korokpara, where three people from the same family have died in the past few weeks, suffering from suspected symptoms.

"All of the sick people have been taken to the Nzerekore treatment centre," an official said.

Government spokesman Damantang Albert Camara said: "Vaccines have been taken to the zone to avoid new infections.

"The area has been locked down."

It is unclear how the villagers contracted the virus, but the area had previously resisted attempts to tackle the disease.


for some reason,justdont believe the USA willl be hit with Zina,but putting into place resourcesto combat it anyway is obviously sensible/beneficial to all
better than billlions fr wars etc, had to throw that in ..

Cities Most at Risk for Zika With Warmer-Than-Average Summer Forecasted

Forecasts for a warmer-than-average summer have scientists concerned about how far the mosquitos that carry Zika virus could spread in the U.S. A new report from the National Center for Atmospheric Research evaluates the risk to 50 U.S. cities from the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which carriesZika.

U.S. map showing 1) Ae. aegypti potential abundance for Jan/July (colored circles), 2) approximate maximum known range of Ae. aegypti (shaded regions) and Ae. albopictus (gray dashed lines), and 3) monthly average number arrivals to the U.S. by air and land from countries on the CDC Zika travel advisory. Additional details can be found in the text.
The mosquito flourishes in warm, wet conditions, which more cities than usual may experience this summer due to rising global temperatures. Miami, Orlando, Savannah and Charleston are the highest-risk cities, while New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC are at moderate risk.

ecowatch.com: Cities Most at Risk for Zika With Warmer-Than-Average Summer Forecasted

 

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alarmist type eports about an obvious scenario
but
at least Obama did something different/decent in putting million into research for a possible cure .
always aconcern compared to other news events.

When Zika Hits the US, Poorest Areas Will be Hardest Hit
Written by
KATE LUNAU
April 1, 2016 // 02:02 PM EST

Photo: Oregon State Unive

motherboard.vice.com: When Zika Hits the US, Poorest Areas Will be Hardest Hit

 

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not as if it was ever thought to not be the likely cause of the birth defect encef etc
good to have a relatively definitive confirmation of tho ..
GOOGLE

US federal health officials have confirmed that the Zika virus does cause microcephaly.

The disease leads to birth defects - including babies being born with small heads.

 

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the UK continuing to report certain parts of it may be more susceptible
when it was stated earlier by the Australian scinetists that Tropical countriues are far more susceptible, atr this time, by the time other countries may become affercted, they will hopefully have a cure, maybe
bt still a major worry, no doubt ..

GOOD that the world is trating it seriously tho ..

Concerned About the Zika Virus? Here’s What You Need to Know
Elaine Shannon, Environmental Working Group | April 21, 2016 10:52 am |Comments

What are your chances of getting bit by a mosquito infected with theZika virus?

All U.S. public officials can say at this point is, they’re not zero.

Mosquitos of the Aedes species that are the prime suspects for spreading the disease thrive in tropical and subtropical climates around the world, but they can also survive in some temperate zones, according to the latest estimates and maps from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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ecowatch.com: Concerned About the Zika Virus? Here's What You Need to Know

 

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hardly scaremongering but a likely fact ..

New 'parechovirus' can cause developmental delays, brain damage in babies, research shows

Exclusive by medical reporter Sophie Scott
Updated about 8 hours ago

A new virus that put 80 Australian babies in hospital can cause developmental delays and brain damage, leading doctors have found.

Key points:

• Over half parechovirus carriers had developmental problems a year later
• Doctors know very little about parechovirus
• Results illustrate how important it was for doctors to remain on alert for emerging infectious diseases, Professor Jones says

New research, to be presented at the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Annual Scientific Meeting, found more than half of the babies who had parechovirus in 2013 and 2014, went on to have developmental problems 12 months later.

Anyone could get infected, babies at high risk

www.abc.net.au: New virus can cause brain damage in babies

 

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The world has a worse virus to deal with, it be called the Trump Virus. Spread by $ infected media.

 

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e bola ..

Ebola Carriers? Why The Virus Keeps Coming Back

Just when health officials think the Ebola outbreak is over in West Africa, the virus pops up again seemingly out of the blue. It's happened at least five times so far.

Now scientists are starting to figure out why: The virus can lie dormant in a survivor for more than year and then re-emerge to infect others.


www.npr.org: Ebola Carriers? Why The Virus Keeps Coming Back


.Experimental Ebola vaccines need testing - FT.com

Experimental Ebola vaccines need testing

Andrew Jack

©AP
Several new Ebola vaccines are yet to be tested for whether they work at scale

The Ebola crisis in west Africa may be over, but some developers have been left with a half-completed legacy: they have experimental vaccines produced and waiting to be definitively tested at a time when global attention and funding is turning elsewhere.

Experimental Ebola vaccines need testing - FT.com

 

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VICE
has spoken.. i doubt theres any thought if olympic canmcellation, but personally dont think its a sernsible idea to continue with that as the venue,plenty of other sites who vcould probably gear up quickly, CHINA springs too mind as the better of ..

suggestion
after they take out there expenses
all/any profits to go to a 'one place only venue'
forever, to be voted on by the world
GREECE is my choice ha true ..

i think theres more to be concerned about re zika, than the sexual promiscuity angle ..

The Olympics Won't Be Cancelled Over Zika, So Keep It in Your Pants and Use Bug Spray
By Tamara Khandaker

May 13, 2016 | 9:35 am
The Rio Olympics will forge ahead, despite a Canadian professor's calls for the Games be moved or postponed in light of the Zika virus.

The confirmation follows comments from University of Ottawa professor Amir Attaran in the Harvard Public Health Review that allowing the games to continue in Brazil as scheduled could lead to a "a full-blown global health disaster."

But the International Olympic Committee (IOC) sees no need to delay the games, based on advice from the World Health Organization (WHO). Officials say they're confident the situation will get better in the next three months, but plan to watch the situation in Rio, where the virus is thriving, "very closely."

https://news.vice.com/article/the-o...ka-so-use-bug-spray-and-keep-it-in-your-pants

How the 'worst crisis in history' threatens the Rio Olympics

• 5:18AM Saturday May 14, 2016

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  Brazil in turmoil in countdown to Rio Olympics: How a booming country faltered

MEGAN LEVY 4:14pm | When the gaze of the world focuses on Brazil for the Olympic Games, the spectacle will mask a country that is in turmoil.

 

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have to admire the USA on the occasions when they recognize what could be a major catastrohe
admirable ..
heartwarming, helps etc ..major help that only the US can come up with
Eu is noticably quiet on the matter? incl other wGlobal natioons?

US approves over $1b in Zika funding

Published: 8:10 am, Wednesday, 18 May 2016

The US Senate has cleared the way for approval of $US1.1 billion ($A1.51 billion) in immediate funds to battle the Zika virus that is linked to birth defects, well above what is in legislation pending in the House of Representatives.

By a vote of 68-29, senators limited debate on the measure, paving the way for likely Senate approval this week.

Two other funding approaches failed to get enough support to advance in the Senate.

Meanwhile, the White House threatened to veto a $US622.1 million Zika bill poised to pass the House of Representatives later this week, saying it was 'woefully inadequate'.

Unlike the Senate legislation, the House bill also requires that the $US622.1 million be fully offset with spending cuts elsewhere.

Many conservative Republicans in the House refuse to approve Zika funds that would add to federal budget deficits, while Democrats and some Senate Republicans favour treating the problem as an emergency that would not have to be financed with spending cuts.

It was unclear how long it might take the Senate and House to work out their differences once they pass their respective bills.

US health officials have concluded that Zika infections in pregnant women can cause microcephaly, a birth defect marked by small head size that can lead to severe developmental problems in babies.

The World Health Organization has said there is strong scientific consensus that Zika can also cause Guillain-Barre, a rare neurological syndrome that causes temporary paralysis in adults.

Last year, Brazil began detecting an increase in microcephaly and the virus has been spreading rapidly in the Americas, with new cases now being reported in warm climates in southern US states including Florida.

House Republicans argue their $US622.1 million bill, when coupled with $US589 million the Obama administration already shifted to Zika from unused funds to battle Ebola, would provide enough money through September 30, the end of this fiscal year.

The administration says it needs the emergency funds to help state and local governments eradicate mosquitoes that spread the virus and to develop a vaccine.

- AAP

- See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/worl...-1b-in-zika-funding.html#sthash.3hgli7i6.dpuf

 

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well
so much forit omly being prevalent in tropical type countries .. or, double super precautionary maybe
either way i think its super sensible re safegaurds yes ..

Zika: Which European Countries Are At Risk?

The World Health Organisation warns of a high risk of an outbreak in Madeira and Georgia and a moderate risk in 18 other nations.

21:41, UK,Wednesday 18 May 2016

http://news.sky.com/story/1698079/zika-which-european-countries-are-at-risk

 

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unrelated to zika,but incredibly interesting tio global health ..

Superbug threat requires urgent action

Taxing antibiotics, reducing their use in animals, and developing and using more vaccines - all ideas raised in the final report of a British team looking into the growing global problem of drug-resistant bacteria – or superbugs. Science Editor Tarek Bazley takes a look at the report.

 

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How do you stop disease-carrying mosquitoes from multiplying? That’s the question plaguing the Brazilian government, which has been sending army soldiers door to door on a mission to fight Zika—the virus suspected of causingmicrocephaly in infants born to infected mothers.

Easy. Instead of building white elephant stadiums for financial disastrous sporting events with public funds, they could invest money in building first world infrastructure for those who live in favelas?

 

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think
they should move the Olympics to GREECE PERMANENTLY
starting from now .. take into account the possible danger
to hell with what the HO says, they probably have a prepared excuse if things do go wrong anyway??
NOT worththe risk, Brazils not going to make money or gain status anyway for putting on a shitty show, filthy waterways etc etc / poor to no Transportation to the venues
Greece needs the money??

bugger Brazil, just because its 1/22 gered up for it??

Rio Olympics poses 'unimaginable risk' of spreading Zika virus: expert

Australian authorities are not taking the threat of the Zika virus seriously enough ahead of the Rio Olympics, a former chief health officer says.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-...eading-zika:-expert/7456530?WT.mc_id=newsmail

 

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yes
rather trust them, independants
than the WHO org
bunch of no hopers,like the UN, me thinks

recall,that stupid bitch raving on about some supposed 'pandemic' that never happened
and
she said it wwas gonna happen well after it may have anyway
WHO,theyre just being stupid, trying to justify there F'n job??

AMERICAS

International Health Experts Want Rio’s Olympic Games Postponed Because of Zika
By VICE News

May 29, 2016 | 2:30 am
More than 100 health experts have called for this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero to be postponed or moved because of fears that they could accelerate the spread of the Zika virus around the world.

"The Brazilian strain of Zika virus harms health in ways that science has not observed before," the experts say in an open letter addressed to the World Health Organization that was published online on Friday. "An unnecessary risk is posed when 500,000 foreign tourists from all countries attend the Games, potentially acquire that strain, and return home to places where it can become endemic."


https://news.vice.com/article/hold-...-rios-olympic-games-postponed-because-of-zika


WANKERS, UNBELIEVABLE
who the hell do they think they are
certainly not the world authority on our health??


whatevers happened to 'err on the side of caution'
essp with an impotant global issue like that ..

WHO rejects call for Olympics to be postponed

Read more: http://www.newshub.co.nz/world/who-...pics-to-be-postponed-2016052905#ixzz4A0hqU6HX