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Brazil declares yellow fever emergency in Minas Gerais  Map of Minas Gerais Brazil| Brazil's south-eastern state of Minas Gerais has declared a public health emergency following a deadly outbreak. At least 15 have died there since December | |
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| May.11 |
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Zika virus: Brazil says emergency is over Brazil has declared an end to a national emergency over the Zika virus after a sharp decrease in cases
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| May.10 |
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In Venezuela, infant deaths, malaria cases skyrocket Confirmed malaria cases in 2016 stood at 240,000, a 76% increase over 2015. Maternal deaths rose 66% to 756
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| Jan.25 |
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Brazil orders 11.5 million yellow fever vaccine doses Brazil's health ministry has ordered 11.5 million doses of yellow fever vaccine amid the largest outbreak of the disease in the country since 2000
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| Jun.14 |
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 Zika virus: Risk of spread from Olympics 'very low' says WHO Rio de Janeiro: The World Health Organization (WHO) says there is a 'very low risk' of Zika virus spreading globally as a result of holding the Olympics in ...
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| May.27 |
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Zika crisis: WHO rejects 'move Rio Olympics' call Rio de Janeiro: The World Health Organization (WHO) has rejected a call to move or postpone this summer's Rio Olympic Games over the Zika outbreak
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| May.1 |
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Zika virus: Risk higher than first thought, say doctors  Brazil: The mosquito-borne Zika virus may be even more dangerous than previously thought, scientists in Brazil say
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| Feb.3 |
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Zika virus: 'War' declared on deadly mosquitoes Brazil: President Dilma Rousseff has declared war on mosquitoes responsible for spreading the Zika virus in a recorded TV message to the nation
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| Feb.1 |
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Zika: WHO declares global emergency | A disease linked to the Zika virus in Latin America poses a global public health emergency requiring a united response, says the WHO | |
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| Jan.30 |
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Zika: Colombia cases in pregnant women double in a week The number of pregnant women in Colombia infected with the Zika virus has doubled in a week, officials said
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| Jan.28 |
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Zika: Activists in Brazil to petition court to allow abortions | A Brazilian group of lawyers, activists and scientists is to ask the country's supreme court to allow abortions for women with the Zika virus | |
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| Jan.26 |
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Zika: Brazil to deploy army in fight against virus Brazil's government says it will deploy 220,000 soldiers in its fight against mosquitoes spreading the Zika virus
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| Jan.23 |
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Zika: Olympics plans announced by Rio authorities. Rio de Janeiro
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| Jan.22 |
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 Zika virus travel warnings spread to Africa and Oceania Travel warnings to pregnant women have been extended to 8 more countries or territories amid concerns over an illness causing severe birth d...
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| Jan.20 |
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Zika outbreak: More babies born with birth defects Brazil: New figures from Brazil show a further rise in the number of babies born with abnormally small heads to mothers infected with the Zika virus
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| Nov.29 |
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Brazil state announces Zika fever emergency Map of Pernambuco Brazil| Northeastern Brazil: The Brazilian state of Pernambuco has declared a state of emergency to help speed up the official response to Zika fever | |
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| Aug.19 |
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Opossum germs 'kill 17 babies in Venezuela hospital' Germs spread by opossums in a Venezuelan hospital are believed to have led to the deaths of 17 babies, the country's media say
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| Dec.15 |
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Superbug found in Rio Olympic waters. Rio de Janeiro
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| Mar.6 |
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 Malaria spreads to higher altitudes Warmer temperatures are causing malaria to spread to higher altitudes. People in the highlands of Africa and South America are at an increased...
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| Apr.25 |
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Latin America 'threatened by rising cancer cases' Sao Paulo: Cancer is threatening to overwhelm Latin American countries, experts writing in Lancet Oncology warn
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| Jan.20 |
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Brazil city fights dengue fever Health authorities in the Brazilian city of Campo Grande, in the southern state of Mato Grosso do Sul, are fighting a dengue fever epidemic
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| Jun.1 |
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Hope dims for baby who survived morgue fridge. Argentina
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| Mar.23 |
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H1N1 outbreak in Venezuelan state
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| Oct.15 |
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 31 of 33 miners released from hospital Map of Copiapo Chile| Chile: All but two of the 33 miners rescued after more than two months underground have been released from the Regional Hospital | |
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| Jan.23 |
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Model loses hands, feet to rare infection Brazil: Mariana Bridi, 20, fighting for her life in intensive care in a hospital after a series of operations to bring a potentially fatal infection...
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| Apr.3 |
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Thousands hit by outbreak of dengue Brazil: More than 55,000 cases of a sometimes deadly mosquito-borne disease, have been reported in a southeastern Brazilian state in the past 4 months
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| Sep.18 |
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Scores ill in 'meteor crash' Peru: Some 600 people have required treatment after an object from space plummeted to Earth in a remote area
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| Apr.18 |
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Maradona sedated in intensive care. Argentina
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