U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes and staff who traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 2016 Summer Games did not become infected with Zika virus but did test positive for other tropical, mosquito-borne...

The XXXI Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, Brazil, will take place from 5 to 21 August 2016 and from 7 to 18 September 2016 respectively. Five additional cities will be hosting matches...

The third meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR 2005) regarding microcephaly, other neurological disorders and...

There are a lot of issues in Brazil that could make a would be traveler to take pause about whether it’s a good idea to head to Rio for the games–political upheaval, poor sanitation and waterborne...

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In a follow-up to a report on this site concerning the upcoming Summer Olympic and Paralympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, WHO and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recognize that athletes...

With the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil only three months away and the Zika and dengue outbreaks running rampant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice...

The spread of Zika virus in the Western hemisphere and the possible link between the mosquito borne flavivirus and microcephaly has grabbed the attention of the public, the media and the Centers for Disease...