Developer: Zika vaccine may be ready for emergency use this year
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA – A vaccine for the Zika virus, which has been linked to severe birth defects in thousands of infants, could be ready...
Trump overshadows Republican debate even as he sits it out
DES MOINES, IOWA – Even in boycotting a debate with his Republican rivals, front-runner Donald Trump managed to upstage the event on Thursday with a...
Caught off-guard by Zika, Brazil struggles with deformed babies
RECIFE, BRAZIL – Angela Rocha, a paediatrician in north-eastern Brazil, measures the head of a child born with microcephaly, a tragic neurological complication linked...
Sudan opens border with South Sudan for first time since 2011 secession
KHARTOUM – Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ordered the opening of his country's border with South Sudan for the first time since the south's...
Virginia resident tests positive for Zika after trip
WASHINGTON – A Virginia resident who travelled outside the United States has tested positive for the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus, state health officials said on...
“Affluenza” teen to be extradited
TIJUANA – The wealthy Texas youth known as the “affluenza” teen after he killed four people in a drunk driving incident in 2013 should...