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Zika Outbreak - Brazil Babies |
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Brazil says thousands of babies have been born with abnormally small heads --- since October. The health system is struggling to cope with the outbreak linked to the Zika virus - which is spread by mosquitoes. The rare brain defect affects the babies' physical and mental development. The disease has...
Date: 2016-01-29 20:59:11
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WHO warns Zika Virus is spreading "explosively" |
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With the outbreak of the Zika Virus in much of the southern part of the Western Hemisphere, Americans are wondering what the chance is of an outbreak in the US. RT’s Marina Portnaya visits a micro-biology lab at Miami-Dade College, where Dr. Joe Okungbowa highlights the concern in in South Florida,
Date: 2016-01-29 21:01:04
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Describing the Ebola Virus |
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BBC's 60 seconds look at why Ebola is so deadly. The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for "drastic action" to contain an Ebola outbreak in West Africa that has killed nearly 500 people. It is the world's largest outbreak in terms of cases, deaths and geographical spread.
Date: 2014-10-16 18:56:16
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Ebola: Monkey Meat and the Outbreak in Liberia |
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West Africa is being plagued by a new outbreak of Ebola — a terrifying disease that causes its victims to bleed to death from the inside out. Ebola has no cure, and the latest epidemic is spreading fast.
VICE News visited Liberia, where many feel the new outbreak began, borne from the bushmeat ma
Date: 2014-08-06 14:05:01
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Bill Gates: The next outbreak? We’re not ready |
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In 2014, the world avoided a horrific global outbreak of Ebola, thanks to thousands of selfless health workers — plus, frankly, thanks to some very good luck. In hindsight, we know what we should have done better. So, now's the time, Bill Gates suggests, to put all our good ideas into practice, from
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Ask Dr Bob - Monkeypox - COFL |
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In this episode of our science medical segment "Ask Dr Bob" we discuss what you need to know about Monkeypox, including symptoms, testing, treatment and vaccines. Dr Bob stresses the need to have a clear awareness that anyone can get monkeypox, and while in the latest outbreak, the virus is predom...
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Animation: How Ebola Virus Invades a Human Cell |
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The first known incidents of the Ebola virus were in 1976. There were two simultaneous outbreaks in Nzara in Sudan and Yambuku in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). The name of the Ebola river near Yambuku was given to the new epidemic.
Outbreaks have mainly occured in remote villages ...
Date: 2014-10-16 20:59:36
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Ebola Vaccine is "Potential Game-Changer" |
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A vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus has led to 100% protection and could transform the way Ebola is tackled, preliminary results suggest. This could be the breakthrough the world has been waiting for. There is caution as the results are still preliminary, with more data coming in. But official...
Date: 2015-07-31 18:06:11
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