Day: January 17, 2016

Posted in Ag/Farming

Brazil Zika outbreak: New test kits for mosquito-borne viruses

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes are the transmitters of all three viruses BBC: The Brazilian Health ministry says it’s developed new…

2016-01-17
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haiti faces one-horse race as opposition boycotts presidential vote

PORT-AU-PRINCE | By Joseph Guyler Delva Reuters. Haiti’s opposition presidential candidate Jude Celestin has announced he will not take part in a runoff election because…

2016-01-17
Posted in Ag/Farming

Brazilians panic as mosquito-borne virus is linked to brain damage in thousands of babies

By Dom Phillips January 15 RECIFE, Brazil — Jusikelly da Silva was full of expectations for her baby. This was to be her fourth with…

2016-01-17
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

six years after quake, UN cites progress but warns of ‘deteriorating’ situation for those still in camps

Six years after the devastating earthquake of 2010 that killed more than 200,000 people and left at least 1.5 million homeless, about 96 per cent…

2016-01-17