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ZIKA VIRUS NEWS UPDATES ON THE OUTBREAK AND THE SYMPTOMS

Australian swimmer-turned-commentator Giaan Rooney talks about being pregnant just five months after returning from Rio where she covered the Olympics amid Zika fears

09/01/17 08:00

She enjoyed time in Rio to cover the Summer Olympics last year.  And now the former Australian swimmer-turned-commentator, Giaan Rooney, has announced she's pregnant with her second child, just months after travelling to Brazil amid the Zika virus concerns, which scared off some of her fellow Seven Network personalities. The 34-year-old, who is reportedly 15 weeks pregnant, told The Daily Telegraph she 'gave it very serious consideration' when it came to travelling to the region with the health warnings in place. ...read

16/12/16 04:28

Women in Brownsville, Texas have been warned by the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention against falling pregnant due to the threat posed by the Zika virus which as spread to the city.

04/12/16 07:52

Tony Gardner said he was bitten by an infected mosquito while shooting scenes for the crime comedy in the islands of Guadeloupe this summer.

30/11/16 23:45

Cases of sexual spread of Zika have been reported in other countries such as the US. Experts said the UK case was ‘not unexpected’.

28/11/16 22:49

The state reported its first case of Zika likely transmitted by a mosquito on Monday after lab results confirmed their suspicions. The patient is a woman near the Mexico border.

23/11/16 00:36

Officials lifted the warning on Tuesday, saying more than 45 days had passed since they have found a new last local case of the mosquito-borne infection.

19/11/16 01:03

The mosquito-borne virus sparked global panic this year after millions were infected, causing scores of babies to be born with birth defects such as microcephaly.

16/11/16 19:22

She was hoping to make a mercy dash to Brazil with her children to see her dying grandmother.

13/11/16 02:59

The approach, called MosquitoMate, involves releasing non-biting male mosquitoes, which seek out and mate with Zika-carrying females. Because only the males carry the bacteria, the offspring dies.

10/11/16 22:54

None of the rats tested at Philadelphia's Wistar Institute contracted Zika after getting the vaccine. It is the best result of a Zika vaccine to date, and it is the same being tested in the first human trials.

09/11/16 23:07

Monroe County residents have backed a proposal to release a lab-developed group of mosquitoes designed to infect the Zika-carrying mosquito population with a fatal disease.

08/11/16 22:25

Two weeks ago, two British tourists in Florida were reported to have contracted Zika. The news came as the richest man in the world announced the details of a major project to tackle the problem.

07/11/16 23:04

Researchers hailed the study as 'proof of principle that Zika virus during pregnancy is treatable'. Tested on pregnant mice, it reduced levels of the virus in mothers, and protected pups.

07/11/16 09:55

TeamGB taekwondo champion Jade Jones kicked her way Olympic history when she won gold to make her the most successful Briton in her sport.

01/11/16 14:57

The Dept of Commerce says 74m US residents travelled internationally in 2015 - a 9% rise on the previous year. Of those, 33m travelled overseas, with the UK the most popular destination.

01/11/16 09:51

The fully operational specialist team of medics, scientists and academics from the UK are on standby for emergency requests, the Department of Health have announced.

31/10/16 20:07

Experts at Washington University School of Medicine in Missouri warn that if the 'dramatic' findings, in mice, apply to humans it could lead to an epidemic of infertility caused by the disease.

29/10/16 18:41

British firm Oxitec says the mutant mosquitoes released in Piracicaba, Brazil will swarm in among ordinary species and spawn babies with a genetically inbuilt flaw that causes them to die quickly.

25/10/16 09:35

Two British tourists have contracted the Zika virus after travelling to Florida, US, and pregnant women have been advised to cancel all 'non-essential' travel to the American state.

21/10/16 05:41

These families face the social stigma of raising a disabled child, which they say is even more pronounced in their poverty-stricken north eastern region of Brazil where they live.

20/10/16 15:41

The CDC had previously urged testing for pregnant women who had been in one of the county's Zika 'hot zones.' On Wednesday, it extended the advice to the entire county.

18/10/16 02:43

There are now 160 local infections in Florida as the spread shows no sign of slowing down despite its disappearance from headlines.

14/10/16 05:36

It comes after the intense storms last week, leaving swathes of standing water, which is ideal breeding ground for Zika-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

09/10/16 03:15

The sudden onslaught of floods and torrential rain brought by Matthew over the weekend to Florida's east coast has destroyed areas of contained water where the species which carry the disease thrives.

06/10/16 06:11

Tyler Fischer, 29, from New York posed as a broadcast journalist in an elaborate prank in which he claimed the Democrat presidential candidate had withdrawn from the race because of illness.

05/10/16 23:31

Researchers at Glasgow University have been able to shed more light on how the Zika virus works by sequencing the full-length genome of the virus from a patient in Brazil.

04/10/16 17:52

Researchers studied 11 babies diagnosed with Zika and found they had a range of neurological impairments aside from microcephaly that cause life-long neurological damage.

29/09/16 17:40

The Zika virus can infect and alter cells in the human nervous system that are crucial for formation of bones and cartilage in the skull, a study has revealed.

26/09/16 20:51

Even with pre-clinical and early stage clinical trials underway, we still may not see a Zika vaccine licensed and approved for use in humans for years.

14/09/16 14:44

The man caught the illness in June after caring for his infected father. He was the first case of local transmission in America, coinciding with the first outbreaks in Miami. Those were solved, this wasn't.

08/09/16 19:40

Scores of people in gas masks staged a protest outside the town hall in Miami this week, forcing officials to postpone Thursday's spraying until Friday - at the earliest.

07/09/16 01:44

Previous advice published on June 7 only urged men to abstain, and only for a maximum of eight weeks.

06/09/16 18:15

The discovery explains why a number of Zika patients have developed an eye disease called uveitis, which leads to loss of vision.

03/09/16 00:53

Until now, officials have said it is 'almost certain' that local mosquitoes carry the virus, since 49 people have been infected without traveling abroad. But they could never say for certain without a positive test.

02/09/16 16:54

Until now, scientists have tentatively suggested that there may be a link between the virus and Guillain-Barre syndrome, an autoimmune condition when the body attacks itself after an infection.

02/09/16 13:59

Hermine made landfall in Florida early Friday as a Category 1 hurricane with forecasters warning as much as 20 inches of rain on Thursday.

31/08/16 14:10

Until now, there have been hundreds of cases of Zika virus in Florida but all involved people who were infected while traveling to areas where the mosquito-borne virus is spreading.

31/08/16 14:09

The alarming finding could make it difficult to limit the spread of the virus, which has been linked to thousands of birth defects as it sweeps rapidly through the Americas, say Brazillian researchers.

30/08/16 19:19

Zabina Mirza was due to travel with Thomson Airways to Orlando but decided to cancel her trip after the outbreak of the virus but says the alternatives offered were not suitable.

30/08/16 19:13

The finding makes clear the need for pesticide programs that kill both adult mosquitoes and their eggs. Current methods are not adequate, warns study co-author Dr Robert Tesh of the University of Texas.

29/08/16 19:22

The discovery by Florida State University has been hailed as a medical breakthrough as federal regulators race to find treatment for the infection, which is spreading through the US.

27/08/16 04:34

Zika replicates in the vagina and spreads to the foetal brain, Yale researchers found. The discovery follows recent warnings that the virus can survive in semen for as long as six months.

27/08/16 04:00

The move, ordered by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday, is a major expansion in a bid intended to protect the nation's blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus.

27/08/16 03:59

A Maryland man, who has not been identified, went to the Dominican Republic, where there is a Zika outbreak. He didn't get sick but his sex partner did, the CDC revealed on Friday.

24/08/16 21:57

So far 483 people in New York City have been diagnosed with Zika, and 49 of those were pregnant at the time of their diagnosis.

24/08/16 15:59

Brain scans of babies infected with Zika showed their skulls had collapsed. Overlapping tissues and abnormal skin folds suggested their brains had stopped growing, Brazilian experts found.

24/08/16 15:28

Alice Rowland, 28, from Northampton, attempted to cancel her and 26-year-old partner Jefferson George’s flights to Dominica after her doctor advised her against travelling.

23/08/16 20:58

A patient has been diagnosed with Zika in Pinellas County. The area just outside Tampa is 265 miles away from Miami on the other side of the peninsula from the original outbreak zone.

22/08/16 23:15

This summer families have been warned to protect children with bug spray and clothing. But now the onus falls on teachers to protect the 7,600 students attending school in the two outbreak zones.

19/08/16 18:43

The mosquito-borne infection arrived in the US last month, but has so far been restricted to a few blocks in Wynwood, a neighborhood of Miami-Dade County.

19/08/16 15:30

One of the people who was infected by local mosquitoes is a tourist who visited the city two weeks ago, while the second person is a resident who works on the beach, reports stated.

19/08/16 13:21

The billboards - paid for by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and erected in and around Fort Lauderdale - showed a condom with the words 'Prevents Zika transmission' inside it.

19/08/16 10:25

My family and I were due to fly to Florida on the 27th August but following medical advice we decided we shouldn't go because I'm pregnant. Now Virgin is refusing to refund us.

19/08/16 01:01

If it is approved by government regulators, doctors in Baltimore will inject healthy people, who are not pregnant, with the virus to mimick natural infection while scientists track how they react.

18/08/16 19:33

An investigation by La Jolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology in California found the virus can 'wreak havoc' in adults' brains by attacking immature cells, vital to learning and memory.

18/08/16 14:28

Taekwondo star Jade, 23, today launches her bid to defend the Gold medal she won at London 2012, supported by her family including grandfather Martin Foulkes.

16/08/16 23:15

The Caribbean island of about 3.5million people has recorded 10,690 laboratory-confirmed cases of Zika, including 1,035 pregnant women, the Department of Health and Human Services says.

14/08/16 04:01

European governments have warned their citizens about gun violence after a mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub (pictured), while advice has also been issued for LGBT travellers.

13/08/16 20:12

The star took to Twitter on Saturday after many were put off by a Snapchat story she shared earlier in which her mom Dianna Hart joked, 'Everybody down in Rio gonna get the Zika virus!'

13/08/16 01:39

The condition known as arthrogryposis freezes up joints, often leaving their hands, arms, legs, feet, or fingers frozen in a contorted position. In most cases, it also impairs function of the heart.

13/08/16 00:33

Until now scientists believed the virus would fade after three months. But this week an Italian man tested positive for Zika 188 days after he was first infected.

12/08/16 11:32

The study by the University of Southern California is the most significant step towards understanding the infection amid widespread confusion about how it inflicts life-threatening conditions in babies.

11/08/16 19:49

Some 4,000 students attend six schools in the Wynwood arts district in Miami, Florida, where health officials say 22 people have contracted Zika, a mosquito-borne virus.

11/08/16 09:56

Torrential rain and high winds became the latest misfortune to hit the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, with rowing events canceled and other athletes including cyclists forced to cope with the bad weather.

10/08/16 10:13

An Australian photographer in Rio covering the 2016 Olympic Games has become the latest robbery victim with $40,000 of camera gear stolen in a sting led by a woman.

10/08/16 09:37

Fearing the worst during an outbreak of Zika virus, pregnant Emily was banned from travelling to the US with the rest of the family as Peter went abroad with Princess and Junior.

10/08/16 01:31

It is the biggest one-day spike in diagnoses to date as the city struggles to control the virus. The development means there are now 21 people being treated for local transmission of the virus.

09/08/16 06:24

As insecticide rained down on a popular district in Miami, state health officials began to investigate Palm Beach County's first case of non-travel related Zika, Gov Rick Scott's office announced Monday.

09/08/16 00:16

It is not yet clear whether they Palm Beach County resident contracted the infection from Palm Beach mosquitoes or from insects during a recent trip to Miami, Florida, where there is a Zika outbreak.

08/08/16 20:07

The crowd at Rio's Copacabana Beach Volleyball Arena loudly booed and taunted American volleyball players Lauren Fendrick and Brooke Sweat on Sunday.

08/08/16 15:52

Christine Curry teaches and practices obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Miami Hospital. So far she has treated over a dozen pregnant women with Zika, with many more expected.

07/08/16 06:54

The Scottish Government has advised people not to worry as the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which is responsible for the virus, would not be able to establish itself in Scotland because of the climate.

07/08/16 06:34

More than 90 people have contracted the infection in just one month - a staggering figure for the 1.4 million-strong state in such a short amount of time. Hawaii is also battling Zika.

06/08/16 11:19

Normally, two thirds of US citizens oppose abortions after 24 weeks. But a Harvard poll has found that 59 per cent favor abortions of Zika-infected babies at any stage of the pregnancy.

06/08/16 10:50

The US Food and Drug Administration gave its final approval for a field trial releasing the genetically modified insects in the Florida Keys on Friday.

06/08/16 05:57

The patient, who has not been identified, was tested as one of the 26 close contacts around the two original cases. It means there are now 16 local transmissions of Zika in Miami, Florida.

05/08/16 18:19

Herbalists and witch doctors in Rio de Janeiro say star athletes who skipped this year's Olympic Games shouldn't have worried about contracting Zika while in Brazil.

05/08/16 16:46

Harvard Medical School researchers said three differently designed vaccines provided 'complete protection' against Zika in monkeys, with no side effects.

05/08/16 11:47

The athletes who have decided to attend may be competing under the arms of Christ the Redeemer, but it’s hard to find one redeeming feature to the Olympic Games in Rio, writes KATIE HOPKINS.

05/08/16 10:05

Public Health England released a statement following reports of three people in West Yorkshire being treated for the virus after returning from overseas. It said the risk to the general public is low.

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