Zika virus
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WHO strengthens Zika safe sex guidance
Men and women returning from any area where the Zika is circulating should practise safe sex for at least six months to avoid the risk of spreading the disease, says the World Health Organization.
- 6 September 2016
- From the section Health
Zika may cause baby eye problems
Scientists studying the Zika outbreak in Brazil are becoming increasingly concerned the virus may cause eye damage in babies.
- 25 May 2016
- From the section Health
'Mosquito control failure' fuelled Zika
The spread of Zika is the price being paid for a massive policy failure on mosquito control, says World Health Organization leader Margaret Chan.
- 23 May 2016
- From the section Health
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Inside a lab hunting for Zika vaccine
- 4 March 2016
- From the section Health
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Timeline: How Zika virus took hold
- 2 February 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
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Colombia - Zika infections will rise
- 4 February 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
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Is Zika a public health emergency?
- 1 February 2016
- From the section Health
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Zika virus: What you need to know
- 27 January 2016
- From the section Health
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Zika 'exploding' in Colombia
- 31 January 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
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Olympics 'will be safe' despite Zika outbreak
- 30 January 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
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Zika: In the forest where virus was discovered
- 29 January 2016
- From the section Health
Microcephaly - the brain defect linked to Zika
Microcephaly mystery
- 2 February 2016
- From the section Health
Your microcephaly questions answered
- 3 February 2016
- From the section World
'It's not the end of the world'
- 3 February 2016
- From the section US & Canada
Mothers' fears
- 22 January 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
Abortion dilemmas
- 14 April 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
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'The worst day of my life'
- 26 January 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
Rio 2016 - Are the Olympics under threat?
Rio Olympics 'to go ahead' despite Zika
- 1 February 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
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Rio announces Olympics Zika plans
- 24 January 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
Sport Zika daunting & scary, say Olympians
- 3 February 2016
- From the section Olympics
Sport Olympic chiefs 'monitoring' Zika
- 29 January 2016
- From the section Olympics
BBC Correspondent Analysis
The key unanswered questions
- 5 February 2016
- From the section Health
Rumours fuel Zika 'information war'
- 18 February 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
The mosquito menace
- 29 January 2016
- From the section Health
Why Asia should worry about Zika too
- 2 February 2016
- From the section India
Fears grow amid Brazil's Zika crisis
- 1 February 2016
- From the section Science & Environment
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Brazil's race to find a Zika vaccine
- 30 January 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
Features
Travel advice
- 5 February 2016
- From the section Health
'Sweaty billboard' kills mosquitoes
- 20 April 2016
- From the section Technology
The birthplace of the Zika virus
- 29 January 2016
- From the section Africa
Tourist industry jitters over Zika
- 3 February 2016
- From the section Business
Should we wipe out mosquitoes?
- 28 January 2016
- From the section Magazine
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Video 2:37
Inside a lab hunting for Zika vaccine
- 4 March 2016
- From the section Health
Video 2:04
Timeline: How Zika virus took hold
- 2 February 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
Video 3:01
Colombia - Zika infections will rise
- 4 February 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
Video 1:45
Is Zika a public health emergency?
- 1 February 2016
- From the section Health
Video 1:46
Zika virus: What you need to know
- 27 January 2016
- From the section Health
Video 1:09
Zika 'exploding' in Colombia
- 31 January 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
Video 1:13
Olympics 'will be safe' despite Zika outbreak
- 30 January 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
Video 2:35
Zika: In the forest where virus was discovered
- 29 January 2016
- From the section Health