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Malaysia

Zika spreads in Malaysia

Malaysia confirms first pregnant woman has contracted Zika.

07/09/2016

Singapore

Dozens more Zika cases identified in Singapore

Singapore is the only Asian country with active transmission of the mosquito-born virus, which generally causes mild symptoms but can lead to serious birth defects in unborn children.

02/09/2016

World News

Zika virus spreads to Miami Beach

US health officials in Florida now say that mosquitos bearing the deadly Zika virus have spread to Miami Beach beyond their initial identified “transmission area” of…

21/08/2016

Brazil

Does the Zika virus really threaten the Olympic Games?

Fears that athletes will contract the Zika virus at Brazil’s Olympic Games won’t go away.

05/08/2016

Spain

Spain says Europe's first Zika microcephaly birth confirmed in Catalonia

Europe’s first Zika microcephaly birth has been confirmed in Spain.

25/07/2016

My Europe Series

Animals, Abattoirs and Antibiotic resistance

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22/07/2016

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Antibiotic Resistance: a bigger threat than cancer by 2050

A British study shows that by 2050, antibiotic resistance could become even more deadly than cancer.

22/07/2016

Sci-Tech

Hi-tech glasses help autistic children recognise emotions

Researchers at Stanford University in the US are using special glasses to help autistic children recognise and classify emotions.

19/07/2016

Health Series

Video links cut Parkinson's waiting times in Sweden

Doctors fighting Parkinson's Disease in Sweden have discovered it's good to talk as improved digital communications slash waiting times for treatment from six months to just one week.

15/06/2016

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10/06/2016

World News

WHO advises two months of safe sex for Zika prevention

The World Health Organisation is advising anyone who has traveled to any country with a current outbreak of the Zika virus to wait a full eight weeks to have unprotected sex or attempt to conceive a b

01/06/2016

World News

WHO confirms first case in Africa of Brazilian-strain of Zika

The Brazilian strain of the Zika virus has been found for the first time in Africa.

20/05/2016

Brazil

Brazil will be ready for Olympic Games despite Zika, says minister

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief says the agency is increasingly concerned about the mosquito-borne virus Zika . Margaret Chan noted that

17/05/2016

Canada

Canada wildfires: 90% of Fort McMurray intact

Despite the extensive damage caused by a week of wildfires, officials in Canada say most of Fort McMurray, the town at the heart of the blaze, still

10/05/2016

Panama

Panama babies born with microcephaly linked to Zika

The health ministry in Panama has confirmed the birth of four babies with microcephaly.

05/05/2016

Health Series

The power of plasma - could it help fight diseases?

Most of the matter around us is either solid, liquid, or gas. But there is something often called the fourth state – plasma – that has remarkable

18/04/2016

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Materials touched by plasma have their physics changed. Here we show a tissue before plasma treatment, the liquid is quickly absorbed. Then the

18/04/2016

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Yellow fever: what you need to know

The authorities of Angola notified WHO of an outbreak of yellow fever in January 2016. The first cases have been identified in the district of Viana

06/04/2016

Angola

Angola yellow fever outbreak spreads

The number of deaths from a yellow fever outbreak in Angola has risen to 225 with at least another 1,600 infected. However experts fear the numbers

06/04/2016