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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Dec 6

4 min read

PREVENT Says Include Pregnant Women in Vaccine Research

No research exists of risk to the fetus from vaccinating pregnant women with inactivated virus says CDC

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Fact checked by Danielle Reiter, RN

Dec 5

4 min read

University of Hawaii Study Identifies Potential Zika Vaccine

Zika vaccine candidates are in various phases of human clinical trials

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Fact checked by Kelley Lu, PharmD

Dec 2

4 min read

Florida Reports 89 Travel Related Zika Cases

Zika infection during pregnancy can cause serious birth defects, such as microcephaly

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Nov 28

3 min read

Google Eradicates 95% of Infectious Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes in Fresno

Verily Life Sciences 'Debug Fresno' partners, Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District and MosquitoMate reduced the number of female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

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Fact checked by Kelley Lu, PharmD

Nov 20

3 min read

Zika Vaccine Candidate Meets Phase 1 Study Endpoints

VLA1601 announced positive phase 1 study interim results

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Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Nov 20

3 min read

Florida Reports 1st Local Dengue Virus Case

Dengue virus cases in Florida are primarily travel related

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