Rappler's latest stories on zika virus
India confirms first Zika virus cases – WHO
The World Health Organization says the cases suggest low transmission of Zika virus in India
57 Zika cases in PH – DOH
The Zika virus is detected in the National Capital Region CALABARZON Central Luzon Central Visayas and Western Visayas
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DOH: Zika cases in PH now at 52
This is a big jump from the 33 Zika cases announced by the Department of Health more than a month ago
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Zika babies can develop microcephaly in first year
The latest study shows the first laboratory evidence of Zika virus infection in the womb leading to microcephaly developing after birth
Zika no longer a world public health emergency – WHO
The Zika virus remains a highly significant and long term problem but it is not any more a public health emergency of international concern says a World Health Organization official
PH GDP, Zika cases, fake news | 12PM wRap
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DOH: 10 new Zika cases in PH
UPDATED A health official confirms that one of the new cases from Las Piñas City is pregnant
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19 Zika cases in PH as experts tackle national action plan
Health officials report two new cases of the virus in Cavite
Myanmar detects first Zika infection
Authorities confirmed the infection in the 32 year old foreign woman yesterday following a laboratory test state run Global New Light of Myanmar reports
Zika cases in the Philippines reach 17 – DOH
UPDATED Only the confirmed case in Cebu City is reported to be pregnant
DOH: Zika virus endemic in PH
It was just established within the week that the Philippines is indeed endemic for Zika virus Category 2 says lawmaker Scott Davies Lanete who sponsored the health department s proposed budget at the Lower House
US extends 6-month warning to men over Zika risk
Men who live in or have traveled to an area of active Zika transmission are now urged to wait half a year before attempting conception regardless of whether they have been diagnosed with Zika or showed any symptoms
US man may have contracted Zika from dying father's tears, sweat
Tests show an unusually high concentration of Zika virus in the father s blood more than 100 000 times greater than levels found in other patients according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
First Thai babies diagnosed with Zika-linked microcephaly – ministry
The World Health Organization has earlier said any confirmed cases in Thailand would be the first identified in Southeast Asia
Pregnant woman among 12 Zika cases in PH
3rd UPDATE The Department of Health adds 3 new Zika virus cases this week bringing the total number of reported cases in the Philippines this 2016 to 12
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2 experimental Zika vaccines show promise in monkey studies
Experts say it will be years before a vaccine is developed to prevent infection from Zika
DOH reports 6 new Zika cases in PH
3rd UPDATE This brings to 9 the total number of locally transmitted Zika virus cases in the Philippines this 2016
Zika money 'essentially all spent' – US doctors
The United States and its territories have recorded more than 19 600 Zika infections and Florida is seeing a rise in locally transmitted cases of the virus
2 more people tested positive for Zika virus in Iloilo City
UPDATED Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial: All 3 cases have since recovered from their very mild illness and did not require hospitalization
Monkey discovery boosts Zika drug quest – study
While the animal never developed symptoms the brain of its fetus stopped growing – the first time this was observed in a lab animal researchers write in the journal Nature Medicine
Malaysia reports first pregnant Zika patient
The 27 year old woman in the southern state of Johor is the third case detected in Malaysia where fears of a full blown outbreak emanating from Singapore are mounting
What DOH is doing to deal with Zika, other public health threats
The Department of Health says the agency s P144 billion 3 09 billion proposed budget for 2017 provides for the prevention and detection of Zika virus and other public health threats
Singapore expects Zika to spread as cases surpass 250
The Ministry of Health MOH and the National Environment Agency confirm 16 new cases 4 of which are not linked to existing cluster areas
Iloilo woman tests positive for Zika virus
UPDATED The case of this married woman who is in her 40s is the first confirmed local transmission in the Philippines this year Doctors have been dispatched to Iloilo to look for other cases
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Zika cases in Singapore reach 215
Scientists in the city state also complete the genetic sequencing of the virus and confirm that the strain there comes from within Asia
Man dies in Malaysia's first locally transmitted Zika case
UPDATED The 61 year old patient had already been in fragile health due to heart problems and other ailments
OFWs from 5 Asian countries monitored for Zika symptoms
No Filipino abroad has been reported to be infected by the Zika virus but the Bureau of Quarantine is strictly screening travelers from Singapore Malaysia Hongkong Indonesia and Thailand
2.6 billion people in Zika risk areas in Africa, Asia – study
Sporadic cases of Zika have previously been reported in Africa and Asia but nobody knows whether they were widespread enough for populations to acquire resistance to the virus
Malaysia reports first suspected Zika case
UPDATED A 58 year old Malaysian woman is believed to have contracted the virus in neighboring Singapore
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Zika merebak, penumpang dari Singapura jalani tes kesehatan di bandara
Semarang waspada virus Zika sebarkan brosur informasi ke penumpang
Zika alert: DOH advises pregnant women to avoid travel to Singapore
The health department which also urges those who plan for pregnancy to observe safe sex precautions condoms to avoid infection
Singapore urges tests for pregnant women with Zika signs
Environment agency workers stepped up efforts to eradicate mosquitoes that spread the disease expanding a fumigation campaign centered on the ground zero of the outbreak
Singapore Zika cases surge to 82
Singapore s Ministry of Health and National Environment Agency confirms 26 new local infections – the majority around the eastern Aljunied suburb where most of the other cases have been clustered
Mosquitoes can spread Zika to their eggs – study
This vertical transmission from female mosquito to her eggs may help the virus survive even when conditions are poor
Singapore wages war on mosquitoes as suspected Zika cases reach 50
Inspectors from the National Environment Agency checking for mosquito breeding sites visit homes in the eastern Aljunied Crescent district where 41 cases are confirmed
Singapore reports 41 locally transmitted Zika cases
UPDATED Out of the infected 36 are foreign laborers working at a construction site
Singapore reports first locally transmitted Zika case
Authorities identify the patient as a 47 year old Malaysian woman residing in the city state She is currently well and recovering says the health ministry
Obama presses Congress for Zika funding as worries grow
Obama says Congress should treat Zika like the threat that it is and fully fund our Zika response
Man with no symptoms spread Zika to sex partner – officials
The case suggests the risk of Zika s spread may be far greater than previously understood and may lead to more stringent recommendations about who should practice protected sex
US urges all donated blood undergo tests for Zika
UPDATED The move revises a previous Food and Drug Administration guideline issued in February that recommended active screening of donated blood only in areas with active Zika virus transmission
Zika virus infection may harm adult brain – study
Adult cells involved in learning and memory can be destroyed by the viral infection according to a study
Global database for women exposed to Zika
Such a database is urgently needed to better understand the deadly virus and how it is transmitted says David Baud a physician in the obstetrics research unit of the University Hospital in Lausanne
