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CDC expands Zika virus travel warnings; more U.S. cases confirmed
The CDC’s expanded travel warning includes Barbados, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Guyana, Cape Verde, and Samoa.
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CDC: Ask pregnant women about Zika virus exposure
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released interim guidelines for the care of pregnant women during a Zika virus outbreak.
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Zika virus: CDC warns pregnant women to avoid some tropical travel
Pregnant women should avoid travel to 14 tropical countries and territories where there is an escalating outbreak of mosquito-borne zika virus,...
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West African Ebola–virus transmission ends, then resumes
A day after the World Health Organization declared on Jan. 14 that no known cases of Ebola-virus transmission or active infection had been...
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HIV research update: Early January 2016
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis could cut HIV incidence by 44%
Rates of HIV infection in the United Kingdom could drop by 44% this decade if just a quarter of high-risk men who have sex with men receive pre-...
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Tuberculous meningitis: Intensified anti-TB therapy not useful
Intensified antituberculosis therapy doesn’t appear to improve survival in adults with tuberculous meningitis, compared with standard treatment,...
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Malaria treatment, ACT effectiveness hampered by increased artemisinin resistance
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Novel polio vaccine strains promise improved post-eradication safety
Newly developed polio vaccine strains could replace currently used risky inactivated vaccines, thereby allowing for safer vaccine production in a...
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Novel treatments assessed in midst of Ebola crisis
Separate groups of researchers supported by nonprofit and government agencies have assessed two novel Ebola virus disease treatments in the midst...
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Testing, early antiretroviral treatment could slash HIV infection rate in men
More than half of HIV infections in Dutch men who have sex with men could have been prevented with a combination of regular testing and early...