Listen Now: As cases of the Zika virus continue to rise throughout Latin America, moral and ethical conversations are being had about women’s reproductive health, medicine, and resources available to babies suffering from microcephaly–a developmental disorder that’s being linked to Zika. Ruth Faden joins us to talk about the intersection of public health and ethics.
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Why We Shouldn’t Quarantine Travelers Because of ZikaFebruary 8, 2016 |
Contrary to some Republican presidential candidates, public health experts say there should not be any travel or trade restrictions because of the virus
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Asking Women To Avoid Pregnancy Is Absurd, Even In The Face Of ZikaFebruary 5, 2016 |
Whose responsibility is it to stop Zika? The largely mosquito-borne1 virus has spread to more than 20 countries and territories in the Americas since it arrived in Brazil about a year ago, and there’s concern that it’s threatening the fetuses of pregnant women
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Carnival Gives Brazil Ideas About How To Fight ZikaFebruary 4, 2016 |
For Carnival in Brazil, lots of women don giant feather headdresses and skimpy bikinis. But for a pre-Carnival event, Elaine Cuoto is dressed as a mosquito — complete with a long proboscis and gossamer wings. She is part of a group of health workers dancing by a metro station in a working-class neighborhood of Rio’s north zone
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WHO to Decide on Response to Zika VirusFebruary 1, 2016 |
Is the Zika virus an international health emergency? That is the question a committee of health experts convened by the World Health Organization will answer on Monday. If they decide that it is, that would mobilize funds for research and escalate efforts to fight the virus, which is exploding in Latin America
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Would It Be Wrong to Eradicate Mosquitoes?January 28, 2016 |
The mosquito is the most dangerous animal in the world, carrying diseases that kill one million people a year. Now the Zika virus, which is carried by mosquitoes, has been linked with thousands of babies born with brain defects in South America. Should the insects be wiped out?
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Zika Virus ‘Spreading Explosively’ in Americas, WHO SaysJanuary 28, 2016 |
“The level of alarm is extremely high,” said Dr. Margaret Chan, the director general of the WHO, in a speech in Geneva.
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