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Aussie researchers in zika virus breakthrough

Researchers have new hope the zika virus - which is carried by mosquitos - may one day be eliminated, after they created a...

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13th Dec. 2019 10:12 PM

Researchers have new hope the zika virus - which is carried by mosquitos - may one day be eliminated, after they created a vaccine that works in mice.

How Meghan is avoiding Zika risk

WHILE the Duchess of Sussex hasn’t let it stop her royal tour plans she’s employed a subtle trick to lessen the risk of...

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25th Oct. 2018 4:10 AM

Meghan Markle has changed her outfits for Fiji

Traces of deadly pest linked to zika virus found in water

Council tests reveal extent of deadly pest known for carrying zika and dengue.

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09th Aug. 2018 3:08 AM

Traces of the zika-carrying aedes aegypti mosquito have been found in 19 water tanks at Goomeri.

Deadly Zika virus threat prompts Gympie council blitz

GYMPIE Regional Council will next Tuesday begin inspecting water tanks in Goomeri in an effort to stop dengue fever...

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29th March 2018 4:03 PM

THESE THINGS ARE BREEDING IN GOOMERI: In this May 17, 2016, photo provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a vacuum tube holds a blood-fed strain of Aedes aegypti mosquito in place under a microscope in a research lab insectary in the Hanson Biomedical Sciences Building at the university, in Madison, Wis. Matthew Aliota, assistant scientist in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine, is studying the insect as part of his research about mosquito-borne pathogens such as the Zika virus, dengue fever and yellow fever infections. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have infected pregnant monkeys with the Zika virus to learn how it harms developing fetuses. (Jeff Miller/UW-Madison via AP)

Scientists 'can't explain' Black Death plague outbreak

SCIENTISTS have warned there is “something different” about the new Black Death outbreak spreading across the world.

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30th Oct. 2017 5:10 AM

An image of the Ebola virus under a microscope. Picture: iStock Source: iStock

"Imported zika virus" may have landed in far north Qld

HEALTH authorities are investigating a suspected case of imported zika virus in Queensland

Kim Kardashian West's Zika fear

Kim Kardashian West was concerned about catching the Zika virus during her recent family holiday to Cuba.

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10th Aug. 2016 8:08 PM

Zika virus 'scarier' than first thought, officials say

THE Zika virus is "scarier" than first thought and the mosquito that spreads it is now present in about 30 US states, top...

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12th April 2016 7:04 AM

Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the Center for Disease Control, right, speaks about the Zika virus, accompanied by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIH/NIAID during the news briefing at the White House.

Zika case confirmed in Central Queensland

AN IMPORTED case of the now infamous Zika virus has been confirmed in Bowen.

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21st March 2016 12:03 PM

WARNING: An imported case of Zika virus has been confirmed in a Bowen resident.

NZ on zika alert as larvae trapped at Auckland Airport

MOSQUITO larvae that carry the Zika virus have been trapped at Auckland Airport near the international baggage area.

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08th March 2016 8:03 AM

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