App helps fight against Zika-spreading mosquito

03/09/2016

For Luciana Santos, doing her part in Brazil’s fight to control the mosquito that spreads the Zika virus, dengue and other diseases is as easy as a couple of clicks on her smartphone. Santos lives in Niteroi,…

Pope suggests women use contraception to avoid Zika

02/20/2016

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis has suggested women threatened with the Zika virus could use artificial contraception, saying “avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil” in light of the global epidemic. The pope unequivocally rejected…

DOH: No new Zika virus case in Cebu

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/06/2016

Representatives of the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH 7) announced during the Kapihan sa PIA forum last Wednesday that Cebu is still free from Zika virus. A single case of Zika was documented in Cebu…

‘Virus could spread worldwide’

02/05/2016

Montevideo – South American health ministers held an emergency meeting on slowing the spread of the Zika virus, dubbed a “nightmare” by hard-hit Brazil, where it is blamed for brain damage in babies. With health authorities warning…

Brazil seeks neighbors’ help

01/29/2016

Rio de Janeiro – Brazil urged its neighbors to unite in fighting the Zika virus, blamed for a surge in brain-damaged babies, as airlines offered refunds to pregnant mothers afraid to travel to the region. As alarm…

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