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Some 157 pregnant women in the US and another 122 are in US territories have tested positive for infection with the Zika virus, health authorities say. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a conference…
Thousands of pregnant women in Colombia are infected with the Zika virus, and there are fears the number could reach 600,000 More than 3,100 pregnant women are infected with the Zika virus in Colombia, the country’s president has said.…
Thai authorities have quarantined at least 32 people in the city of Bangkok in a bid to prevent the spread of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus after a carrier of the strain was discovered in the Thai…
The World Health Organization says it expects the Zika virus to spread to every country in the Western Hemisphere except Canada. It says the virus has already “spread to 21 countries and territories of the Americas.” “Canada is…
An Omani man has been placed in quarantine in Thailand after testing positive for the potentially deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus, Thai health ministry officials said on Sunday. The 71-year-old man arrived in Bangkok on a flight…
More than 100 people have been quarantined in Sierra Leone after coming in contact with a woman who died of Ebola last week, highlighting the potential for the disease to spread, just as the deadliest outbreak on record appeared to…
A fresh outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease has been reported in Liberia, with three new patients, including a 10-year-old boy, testing positive for the virus. Health officials said Friday that the boy and his two immediate family members…
A cholera outbreak in Iraq has spread to Syria, Kuwait and Bahrain, and could turn into a region-wide epidemic as millions of pilgrims prepare to visit the country, according to UNICEF’s Iraq director. “[The outbreak] already has a regional…