Daily Archives: March 20, 2017


What Do We Know About Zika Virus in Indigenous Populations?03/20/2017What Do We Know About Zika Virus in Indigenous Populations?Contagionlive.com“We know very little about Zika virus in indigenous populations. Of course indigenous populations in the setting of the Zika outbreak would include native populations and populations of non-Western origin in the […]

What Do We Know About Zika Virus in Indigenous Populations?



Spring-break travelers warned to protect against Zika – Davis Enterprise03/20/2017Sacramento BeeSpring-break travelers warned to protect against ZikaDavis EnterpriseThe California Department of Public Health is advising spring-break travelers vacationing in warmer climates to protect themselves from mosquito bites and avoid unprotected sex in areas with known transmission of the Zika virus. […]

Spring-break travelers warned to protect against Zika – Davis Enterprise



BRIEF-GeoVax reports results for Zika vaccine – Reuters03/20/2017BRIEF-GeoVax reports results for Zika vaccineReutersJERUSALEM/BEIJING, March 20 China's economy may be 35 times larger than Israel's, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to use that to advantage during a three-day visit to Beijing as he looks to reorient Israel's economy towards […]

BRIEF-GeoVax reports results for Zika vaccine – Reuters



CDC Identifies Zika Risk in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties – Normangee Star03/20/2017Normangee StarCDC Identifies Zika Risk in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach CountiesNormangee StarThe problem: The state's relatively warm winter means it's likely there will be more active mosquitoes and another outbreak of Zika virus infections. The CDC […]

CDC Identifies Zika Risk in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach ...



University of Alberta gets funding for Zika virus research – MetroNews Canada03/17/2017MetroNews CanadaUniversity of Alberta gets funding for Zika virus researchMetroNews CanadaA University of Alberta research team is at the forefront of the fight against the Zika virus. The U of A announced Thursday that cell biology professor Tom Hobman […]

University of Alberta gets funding for Zika virus research – ...



Before Zika strikes, county considers mutant mosquitoes – Houston Chronicle03/20/2017Houston ChronicleBefore Zika strikes, county considers mutant mosquitoesHouston ChronicleThe hope is that they can help reduce populations of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which carry the Zika virus, dengue fever and chikungunya, among other deadly illnesses. The mosquitoes are common in the Houston […]

Before Zika strikes, county considers mutant mosquitoes – Houston Chronicle