All posts tagged "El Salvador"

  • This 2006 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host. On Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, U.S. health officials are telling pregnant women to avoid travel to Latin America and Caribbean countries with outbreaks of a tropical illness linked to birth defects. The Zika virus is spread through mosquito bites from Aedes aegypti and causes only a mild illness in most people. But there’s been mounting evidence linking the virus to a surge of a rare birth defect in Brazil. (James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP)
    El Salvador advises women to delay pregnancies due to virus

    SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Public health officials in El Salvador are advising women to put off pregnancies for the next two years to avoid passing on complications from the mosquito-borne Zika virus. Vice-minister of public...

    • Posted January 21, 2016
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  • A woman walks past masked policemen guarding a street corner in San Salvador, El Salvador, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Bus routes across San Salvador have been disrupted by a series of violent attacks and threats against those who continue to drive their routes. Since Sunday night, nine drivers have been killed, prompting authorities to increase security throughout the city. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
    S. Korea raises travel warning on El Salvador

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea raised its travel alert on El Salvador Tuesday, advising its citizens to refrain from visiting the Latin American nation amid increased violence there. The travel alert, which had previously applied only to...

    • Posted August 18, 2015
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