The former CEO of World Sailing claims that he was ousted from his post for repeatedly suggesting that Guanabara Bay should not be the venue for competitions during the upcoming Summer Olympics.
In light of the Zika virus outbreak in several countries, two U.S. airline giants -- United Airlines and American Airlines -- have announced their offer of refunds for traveling pregnant women going to Zika virus-infested countries, Fox News Latino reports.
Researchers from Uganda are saying that the Zika virus is not considered a threat in Africa despite the mosquito-borne disease originating in the continent, per the Associated Press. The virus was first discovered in a monkey back in 1947 and was named after the Zika forest located near Uganda's capital city of Kampala.
The Zika outbreak continues to cause concern around the globe, as an expert decried the lack of information on the virus available in Venezuela. Meanwhile, a Danish hospital confirmed that a tourist had been infected with the disease after visiting southern and central America.
The U.S. government has started the research to find a vaccine for the Zika virus that is spreading like wildfire in Latin America that already reached the Northern Hemisphere. President Barack Obama called a meeting on Tuesday with the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health and Human Services Department at The White House.
Researchers have suspected that the Zika virus could be transmitted via sexual intercourse after they found traces of it in semen samples from a patient.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned North and South American countries about the spread of the Zika virus across the continent, per the Pan American Health Organization. As of Jan. 23, 2016, reported cases of the mosquito-borne virus has been documented in 21 countries and territories in the Americas.
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US warned pregnant women not to travel to 22 countries, mostly situated in Latin America and the Caribbean
Health officials from Brazil and El Salvador are investigating the link between the Zika virus to a condition called Guillain-Barre syndrome. The rare nervous condition that can cause paralysis has alarmed health officials since the increase of the number of cases in relation to the Zika outbreak.
Latin America faces a new challenge on abortion amidst the growing Zika epidemic. In Brazil, the practice of abortion is illegal except in cases of the pregnant mother being in great danger, experienced rape or the baby has fetal brain deformity.
The U.S. Department of State issued a travel warning for citizens planning to visit Mexico. U.S. tourists have been victim of various violent crimes across the country with the number of murder victims rising in 2015.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidelines on Tuesday for doctors and other health professionals caring for pregnant women relating to the Zika virus. They urge them to ask patients about their travel history to Zika-infected countries and territories.
Intrexon Corporation announced in a press release on Tuesday that their British biotechnology company subsidiary Oxitec has reached an agreement with local officials of Piracicaba in Brazil to open a new factory that produces sterile, genetically modified mosquitoes, Oxitec reports.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that a baby with microcephaly was recently born in Oahu, Hawaii. It is the first reported case of the birth defect linked with the Zika virus in the country.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recently issued a travel warning for 14 Latin American nations and Caribbean territories that have exposed to Zika virus, a mosquito-borne virus connected to the increasing rate of birth defects in Brazil. The alert was issued late Friday and it includes Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.
