A Viral Story Links The Zika Crisis To Monsanto. Don't Believe It.
A group of doctors in Argentina calling themselves the "Physicians in Crop-Sprayed Towns" have issued an explosive report that denies global scientific consensus on the Zika virus outbreak and its apparent link to an uptick in cases of the birth defect microcephaly in Brazil. The doctors allege that instead of the mild mosquito-borne Zika virus, the increase in microcephaly cases is caused by a larvicide that contains the chemical pyriproxyfen. This larvicide is employed in mosquito control efforts against the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, the type that can carry Zika, including using it to kill eggs in ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Russia reports first case of person infected with Zika virus
MOSCOW/GENEVA (Reuters) - Russia has registered its first case of a person infected with the Zika virus after a tourist contracted the disease in the Dominican Republic, Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said on Monday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Fossilised flower is beautiful, deadly and new to science
Encased in amber for up to 30 million years, Strychnos electri is a member of the asterid family which include potatoes, coffee, strychnine and curareIt is beautiful, deadly and new to science. And if that is not enough, it has been fossilised in amber for perhaps 30 million years.Strychnos electri, the first ever fossilied member of a plant family called asterids, was unearthed 30 years ago in an amber mine in the Dominican Republic. The two specimen flowers encased in solidified resin for somewhere between 15 and 30 million years (were members of a family that includes potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco, petunias, coffee and th...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 15, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Tim Radford Tags: Fossils Biology Evolution Science Plants Source Type: news
What Pregnant Women Should Know About Zika Virus
On Monday, the World Health Organization declared a "public health emergency of international concern" due to the cluster of birth defects potentially linked to Zika virus. No one is probably more concerned about this connection than the world’s pregnant women, especially those who are living in an area where there is ongoing Zika virus transmission. While the virus’ symptoms (fever, headache, joint pain, conjunctivitis) are no cause for alarm and rarely require hospitalization, the disease is suspected of causing severe birth defects like microcephaly, when a baby is born with an abnormally small head. ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 2, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Zika virus infection – Dominican Republic
On 23 January 2016, the National IHR Focal Point for the Dominican Republic notified PAHO/WHO of 10 laboratory-confirmed cases of Zika virus infection. Of the 10 cases, 8 are locally-acquired and 2 imported from El Salvador. The cases are from Distrito Nacional, and the municipalities of Santo Domingo Norte, Jimani-Independencia and Santa Cruz-Barahona. While 8 of the 10 cases are aged 15 to 57 years old, the remaining 2 cases are children under five years old. Onset of symptoms ranges from 3 to 18 January. All cases presented fever and rash; 8 of the 10 cases had conjunctivitis, 6 of the 10 cases experienced malaises, h...
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - January 27, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: pesticide [subject], insecticides, fungicides, risk factor [subject], risk, health risks, water [subject], safe water, wastewater, greywater, clean water, Disease outbreak news [doctype], Dominican Republic [country], Region of the Americas [region] Source Type: news
CDC Broadens Zika Virus Travel Alert for Pregnant Women
U.S. agency says those at risk should avoid U.S. Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Pregnancy, Traveler's Health (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Zika Virus Travel Broadened for Pregnant Women
U.S. agency says those at risk should avoid U.S. Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - January 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dominican Republic's top court reinstates total abortion ban
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A decision by the Dominican Republic's constitutional court to reinstate a total ban on abortion is putting women's lives at risk, rights groups said. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 4, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Prophylaxis Guidelines for Malaria in 'Off-the-Radar' Areas Prophylaxis Guidelines for Malaria in 'Off-the-Radar' Areas
Patients going to malaria-endemic areas -- such as the Dominican Republic and Haiti among others -- should be counseled about malaria prophylaxis. CDC Expert Commentary (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Commentary Source Type: news
A cross-national comparison of suicide attempts, drug use, and depressed mood among Dominican youth - Peña JB, E Masyn K, Thorpe LE, Peña SM, Caine ED.
We compared suicide attempts, depressed mood, and drug use of 1,710 Dominican public high school students in New York City (NYC) and 9,573 in the Dominican Republic (DR) in 2009. Compared to DR Dominicans, NYC Dominicans were more likely to have reported l... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 25, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Guevedoces: The 'girls' who grow penises at the age of 12
In an isolated village in the Dominican Republic, an estimated one in 50 children are born appearing to be girls but grow male genitalia during puberty. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - September 21, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Health News Source Type: news
Dominican Republic babies in Salinas born female and grow male sex organs at puberty
Around two per cent - or one in 90 - babies from Salinas, a remote village in the south-west of the island, are born with the condition, which occurs due to a missing enzyme during pregnancy. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Previously unknown flea genus, species discovered in fossilized Dominican amber
A strange flea that is believed to be 20-30 million years old has been found in amber from the Dominican Republic. The specimen displays many features that are not found on any other flea, fossil or extant. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 15, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Previously unknown flea genus and species discovered in fossilized dominican amber
(Entomological Society of America) A strange flea that is believed to be 20-30 million years old has been found in amber from the Dominican Republic. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - September 15, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news
How New York Created A 'Blueprint' For The World To Beat Mother-To-Baby HIV Transmission
The Conversation: New York state’s program to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission could work around the world While US media heralded news earlier this summer that Cuba had become the first country in the world to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission, comparable progress closer to home went largely unnoticed. Melbourne, Australia-based The Conversation has led the way with its coverage of how New York state went from having one of the highest rates of mother-to-child HIV transmission -- in both the nation and world -- to effectively eliminating the problem two years ago. In the ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
