Gennady Onishchenko, former head of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection (Rospotrebnadzor) and former chief sanitary doctor of Russia, told the BBC he believes the United States is involved in the widespread presence of Zika virus in Latin America.
Heating and air-conditioning company Carrier, which has announced it will move 1,400 Americans’ jobs to Mexico, received $5.1 million from the Obama administration.
Russia has documented its first case of Zika virus infection after an unnamed woman returned from a trip to the Dominican Republic.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that relations between Russia and the West have evolved into a “new Cold War.”
Doctors have found the Zika virus in areas of the body protected from the immune system, such as seminal fluid, fetal brain tissue, and the placenta.
Brazilian officials, including President Dilma Rousseff, took to the streets on Saturday for National Day Against Zika to raise awareness about the virus and ways to prevent it.
Doctors in Brazil have discovered hydrocephalus in two babies with congenital malformation. Some suspect the ongoing Zika pandemic in the country caused these cases.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has resorted to recruiting child soldiers and drugging adult jihadis to keep Mosul, Iraq, under its control.
The Iranian government has reminded people that Valentine’s Day is banned because it promotes Western culture and rituals.
Since October, doctors have discovered over 7,000 Zika cases on Cape Verde, an island located off the coast of Senegal.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided not to postpone the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro despite the widespread presence of Zika virus in host nation Brazil.
The NHL has granted Chicago the 2017 Draft at the United Center on June 23 and 24. The Windy City has never hosted the event in 53-year history of the draft.
An Australian doctor with the Olympic team believes the Rio water poses more of a threat towards the athletes than the Zika virus.
Doctors have found the Zika virus in placentas of two U.S. women who contracted the virus. They suffered miscarriages after they returned to the states.
A doctor in Brazil has discovered numerous microcephaly cases that predate the Zika outbreak.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that doctors had confirmed the presence of Zika virus in the tissue of infants who died from microcephaly, a rare birth defect.
The Indonesian city of Banda Aceh has banned celebrations of Valentine’s Day this weekend, arguing the holiday violates Islamic law.
Kansas City veteran Eton Gilmore will receive a proper military funeral, thanks to his friend Maryannah Mosley.
Carrier announced a decision to move at least 1,400 jobs from Indianapolis to Mexico.
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conference of the European Union (COMECE) welcomed the European Union Parliament’s decision to label the atrocities by the Islamic State (ISIS) against Christians as genocide.
Yale University School of Public Health Professor Albert Ko claims the cases of microcephaly in Brazil are just the start of concerns about birth defects linked to the Zika virus.
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov declared his special forces have allegedly infiltrated the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria.
The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) might pull out of the Summer Olympics due to the Zika outbreak in Brazil.
U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo said the Zika outbreak in Brazil could keep her out of the Summer Olympics in August.
Newlyweds Nada Merhi, 18, and Hassan Youssef, 27, chose the ruins of Homs, Syria, as the backdrop of their wedding photos.
The Yazidi all-female battalion group the Sun Ladies continues to grow in Iraq to fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
The Egyptian military has started rebuilding destroyed Christian churches and properties, years after the Muslim Brotherhood tore the buildings down.
Indian lawyer Chandan Kumar Singh has attempted to file a lawsuit against the Hindu God Ram over mistreatment of the god’s wife, Sita.
A man died one mile into the 12th Annual Krispy Kreme Challenge race in Raleigh, NC.
The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) has recommended that any athlete or trainer concerned about the Zika outbreak in Latin America should consider not attending the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
A private clinic in Brazil has recommended pregnant women wear burqas to protect themselves against Zika due to possible connections to the rare birth defect microcephaly.
The UN has demanded Latin American countries give women access to abortions and birth control due to the ongoing Zika virus outbreak in the region.
The Brazilian Conference of Catholic Bishops has rejected the left’s attempt to promote abortion in areas affected by Zika.
The government of Colombia has confirmed 3,100 cases of pregnant women with the Zika virus, but no cases of the birth defect microcephaly.
Brazilian scientists detected live Zika virus in human saliva and urine, which may indicate that a person in contact with these bodily fluids can contract the virus.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending the governments of Europe begin preparations against the Zika virus now, before spring and summer.
Sperm banks in the United Kingdom and the U.S. have changed policies to protect clients from the Zika virus.
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) released a video of an English-speaking child beheading a man who allegedly failed to implement Sharia law.
Paralympians in Australia expressed fear and concern over Zika mosquitos in Brazil during the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics.
Brazilian officials have reported two cases of Zika infections through blood transfusions in Campinas, 62 miles northwest of São Paulo.
