Zika — Vax Before Cancer

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Dec 6

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Zika Vaccine Candidate Meets Phase 1 Study Endpoints

VLA1601 announced positive phase 1 study interim results

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