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Congress Finally Approves Funding to Fight Zika Virus

Congress Finally Approves Funding to Fight Zika Virus

After months of bickering, Congress has agreed to allocate $1.1 billion toward curbing the spread of the Zika virus in the United States, according to a report from Kaiser Health News.The package is part of a larger spending bill to keep the federal government running until December 9.It comes as the virus is actively spreading in Florida.


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Zika Virus Linked to Microcephaly in 2 Thailand Cases

Zika Virus Linked to Microcephaly in 2 Thailand Cases

Thailand confirmed on Friday that the Zika virus had caused two cases of microcephaly, a condition that results in babies being born with small heads, the first time microcephaly had been linked to Zika in Southeast Asia."To summarize, we have found two cases of small heads linked to Zika, the first cases in Thailand," Prasert Thongcharoen, an adviser to the Department of Disease Control, told reporters in Bangkok.He declined to say where in Thailand the cases were found.


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New Research May Provide More Clues on How Zika Virus Causes Microcephaly

New Research May Provide More Clues on How Zika Virus Causes Microcephaly

ARTICLEResearchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have potentially added to existing knowledge with regard to how Zika virus affects the developing fetal brain.In a study published on September 29 in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, the research team infected in vitro cultures of human cells with the mosquito-borne virus, which has been linked with the birth defect microcephaly in babies born to infected pregnant women.They found that cranial neural crest cells, which are involved in the development of the bones and cartilage in the skull, are vulnerable to Zika virus, highlighting a potential mechanism for how children born with the virus can develop microcephaly."Development of the brain involves complex interactions with surrounding tissues, one of them being the neural crest, which forms bulk of the craniofacial structures," study co-author Joanna Wysocka, PhD, a chemical and systems biologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, told Contagion."It is known that a signaling crosstalk between developing brain and face exists.


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Utah Zika Case: Scientists Confirm Zika Virus Transferred Through Non-Sexual Casual Contact [Video]

Utah Zika Case: Scientists Confirm Zika Virus Transferred Through Non-Sexual Casual Contact [Video]

The source of a mysterious Utah Zika virus case has reportedly been determined, and the findings of scientists and doctors are incredibly troubling in the midst of an ever-expanding Zika virus pandemic.That's because in the Utah case, for the first time, the Zika virus has been confirmed to have been transmitted not through mosquito contact, and not through sexual contact.Rather, in the Utah Zika case, the virus was spread through casual, non-sexual contact.