How a drug company in N.J. could benefit from a Zika virus vaccine
More than 100 New Jersey residents last year were infected with the Zika virus, which is spread by mosquitos. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is concerned that President Donald Trump is about to make a bad deal to the benefit of drug company in New Jersey. Sanders (I-Vt.) said the Trump administration may hand over the exclusive rights to a vaccine for the Zika virus, developed with more than $1 billion in taxpayer dollars, to a foreign drug company that could then charge whatever the market would allow. In a New York Times opinion piece, Sanders wrote: "If Mr. Trump allows this deal, Sanofi will be able to charge whatever astronomical price it wants for its vaccine. The company in question is Paris-based Sanofi, whose U.S. headquarters are located in Bridgewater.
Zika virus linked to heart trouble in some adults
For the first time, doctors have tied infection with the Zika virus to possible new heart problems in adults. Eight of the nine developed a dangerous heart rhythm problem, and six of the nine developed heart failure, which occurs when a weakened heart can't pump enough blood. After a big outbreak in Brazil in 2015, Zika spread throughout Latin America, the Caribbean and elsewhere. She studied nine patients, ages 30 to 64, treated at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Caracas who developed heart symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath and fatigue an average of 10 days after typical Zika symptoms began. The biggest trouble the mosquito-borne virus has been causing is for pregnant women and their fetuses.collected by :Sandra Alex
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