Researchers have suspected that the Zika virus could be transmitted via sexual intercourse after they found traces of it in semen samples from a patient.
Amid growing concerns about the mosquito-borne Zika virus and associated birth defects, the government of El Salvador is asking its citizens to avoid pregnancies for the next two years.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned North and South American countries about the spread of the Zika virus across the continent, per the Pan American Health Organization. As of Jan. 23, 2016, reported cases of the mosquito-borne virus has been documented in 21 countries and territories in the Americas.
Read through the list to find out what the best coffees in Latin America are. Latinos are known to drink more coffee than other nationalities. Around 74 percent of the general Latino population drink 1 to 2 cups of coffee on a daily basis as per Café Cortez.
Thanks to human creativity, going vegan is becoming less of a challenge now, as also shown by these buzz-making tips about creating meringue without using eggs at all.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and British Chancellor George Osborne have pledge $4.3 billion (£3 billion) to fund a five year research to eradicate malaria.
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US warned pregnant women not to travel to 22 countries, mostly situated in Latin America and the Caribbean
Health officials from Brazil and El Salvador are investigating the link between the Zika virus to a condition called Guillain-Barre syndrome. The rare nervous condition that can cause paralysis has alarmed health officials since the increase of the number of cases in relation to the Zika outbreak.
Take a sneak peek on some of the Latina celebreties diet. Celebrity bodies are without a doubt stunning and close to perfection. Fans can't help but wonder on what their diet secrets are as they'd flaunt their flawless physiques.
From paleo diet to cotton diet, listed below are diet trends that can do more harm than good. Diet trends are becoming more absurd as people are becoming obsessed with weight loss.
Latin America faces a new challenge on abortion amidst the growing Zika epidemic. In Brazil, the practice of abortion is illegal except in cases of the pregnant mother being in great danger, experienced rape or the baby has fetal brain deformity.
Zoe Saldana's fitness trainer Ramona Braganza talks about the actress' post-baby workout routine, which helped Saldana regain her fit frame just nine months after giving birth to twins.
Soon after she got married, 34-year-old Jamie-Lynn Sigler admitted that she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and has actually been living with the disease for more than a decade now.
Add easy access to unhealthy food to the issue of having limited play spaces and you have Latino kids with a much higher risk for obesity compared to non-Latino children.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidelines on Tuesday for doctors and other health professionals caring for pregnant women relating to the Zika virus. They urge them to ask patients about their travel history to Zika-infected countries and territories.
