Puerto Rico reports first case of Zika virus, spread by mosquitoes

Puerto Rico has reported its first case of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus that has been spreading across South America and the Caribbean and has been linked by Brazilian authorities to a serious birth defect, a U.S. Congressman said on Thursday. Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress, said in a statement his office had been in touch with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which had confirmed the single case of Zika on the island.
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India’s Cadila Healthcare plunges after FDA warns of violations

Pharmaceutical tablets and capsules in blister packs are arranged on table in illustration picture in LjubljanaIndia&;s Cadila Healthcare Ltd said it received a U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning for violating manufacturing standards at two of its production facilities, the latest in a series of Indian firms to face such action. The warning letter to Cadila cites issues with its plants in the western Indian state of Gujarat, one of which — the Moraiya facility — makes up about 40 percent of the company&039;s total sales in its largest market, the United States. The FDA inspected the Moraiya facility more than a year ago, highlighting a series of issues with manufacturing processes there, but its observations were not made public.

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Vestas Wind books highest order intake since 2010

Vestas Wind Systems has booked the highest order intake in five years in 2015, and a recent five-year extension to a U.S. tax break looks set to increase demand in a market that accounts for around one third of its business, analysts said. “It will help to increase demand for wind turbines in the U.S. market as the uncertainty of the extension is removed,” Handelsbanken Markets wrote in a note to clients. “Vestas has the potential to increase order intake in other markets as a result of the climate deal,” Handelsbanken wrote.
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Guinea declared free of Ebola virus that killed over 2,500

A health worker enters a tent in an Ebola virus treatment center in ConakryBy Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea was declared free of Ebola transmission on Tuesday after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation, leaving Liberia as the only country still counting down the days until the end of the epidemic. The announcement comes 42 days after the last person confirmed with Ebola tested negative for a second time. The world&;s worst outbreak of the disease began in Gueckedou, eastern Guinea, in December 2013 before spreading to Liberia, Sierra Leone and seven other countries.

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