The first report on how the Zika virus affected U.S. territories showed that 5 percent of women with confirmed infections had babies with birth defects, 

 Localities are intensifying measures to prevent dengue fever and Zika virus.

Associate Professor Tran Dac Phu, director general of the Department of Preventive Medicine, under the Ministry of health speaks to Viet Nam News Agency about his department’s readiness to cope with disease outbreaks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on Monday reported a second Zika virus infection, an older sister of the first patient.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health (MoH) has increased the Zika virus warning to level 3 - the dangerous level,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Zika virus has been discovered in a small sampling of Aedes mosquitos in the costal city of Nha Trang, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology reported.

 The race to find protection against the Zika virus is fueled by something often missing from tropical disease research: the potential for big profit.

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 The World Health Organization updated its assessment of the Zika virus on Wednesday as a cause of congenital brain abnormalities in babies and Guillain-Barre syndrome, after considering months of research

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health has urged localities to take drastic prevention measures in response to an increase of Zika patients in Southeast Asian countries.

A 27-year-old patient, from Son Hoa District’s Son Hoi Commune, was yesterday confirmed as the third in Viet Nam to be affected with the Zika virus. The first two cases were found in central Khanh Hoa Province and HCM City.

 Romania has recorded its first known case of the Zika virus, after a young woman contracted it during a trip to the Caribbean island of Martinique,

 The U.S. National Institutes of Health said it will fund a study to monitor U.S. athletes, coaches and members of the Olympic Committee staff for exposure to Zika virus while in Brazil, 

 Three more babies have been born in the United States with birth defects likely linked to Zika virus infections, while another lost pregnancy was linked to the virus, according to figures updated by health officials on Thursday.

 There is a "very low risk" of further international spread of Zika virus as result of the Olympic Games to be held in Brazil, the heart of the current outbreak linked to birth defects,

 VietNamNet Bridge – A pregnant woman visiting the Hung Vuong Obstetrics Hospital in HCM City picked up a leaflet about the Zika virus off a shelf in the examination room.

 U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday approved a bill to provide financial incentives to companies developing treatments for the Zika virus, and the White House said President Barack Obama was expected to sign the legislation

 The number of confirmed and suspected cases of microcephaly in Brazil associated with the Zika virus declined for the second week to 4,949 in the week through April 9, from 5,092 the week earlier,

 Top health officials expressed heightened concern on Monday about the threat posed to the United States by the Zika virus, saying the mosquito that spreads it is now present in about 30 states