zika
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PublishedJuly 20, 2016
Our View: Partisanship stalls fight against Zika virus
Limits on access to birth control have no place in a proposal to halt the spread of a virus linked to birth defects.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2016
First female-to-male Zika infection documented, CDC says
The agency also advises pregnant women to use protection if their sex partner has traveled to a Zika-infected region.
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PublishedJune 22, 2016
Olympic notebook: McIlroy unwilling to take Zika risk, won’t play in Rio
Golf is back in the Olympics, but four-time major champ Rory McIlroy will not risk illness to play.
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PublishedJune 5, 2016
Another View: There’s more danger from toxic sprays than Zika-bearing mosquitoes
Pesticides create environmental problems that are far worse than Americans' risk of contracting the virus.
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PublishedJune 3, 2016
Maine Voices: Don’t play with fire: Move Summer Olympics away from Rio
All it takes is one infected traveler and one mosquito to spread a virus that leaves children with severe birth defects.
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PublishedJune 2, 2016
Zika fear leads U.S. cyclist to withdraw from Olympics
Tejay van Garderen, concerned with infecting his pregnant wife, is one of the athletes at least expressing reservations.
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PublishedJune 1, 2016
Florida governor: Federal money needed to avert Zika disaster
Adding to the urgency, a tourist contracted dengue fever in Key West from the same type of mosquito that also transmits Zika.
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PublishedMay 28, 2016
World Health Organization says Zika virus no reason to relocate Rio Olympics
Health experts had written an open letter to U.N. agency asking that the games be postponed or moved.
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PublishedMay 25, 2016
Research: Zika risk to fetus up to 13 percent in first trimester
The chance of a severe brain defect developing is sharply higher if the Zika infection occurs early in pregnancy.
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PublishedMay 24, 2016
As Zika spreads, Florida town a study in bug-borne illness
A dengue fever outbreak in the town of Rio in August and September 2013 infected 28 people.