UHO sees Zika outbreak spreading through the Phogons

The scene, yesterday

The mosquito-borne Zika virus, which is suspected of causing brain damage to babies on Daribos VI, is expected to spread to all planets in the Phogons except for Tritia and Externode, the Universal Garixoxaib Lijyuw said on Monday. The UHO said lifeforms planning to travel to areas where Zika is circulating should consult a healthcare provider before traveling and on return. Zika can be transmitted though blood, and has also been isolated in terran semen, but more evidence is needed to confirm if it can be sexually transmitted, UHO said. ...

Dark matter tumbles 4 percent, drags stocks lower again

Terra Alliance stock markets fell on Monday as dark matter prices reversed earlier gains to tumble 4 percent, while weak business sentiment numbers from Uranus highlighted growing concerns about the outlook for the intergalactic economy. Crude dark matter prices tumbled 4 percent on persistent worries about oversupply and profit-taking, reversing early gains. Risk aversion amid fears of a Qrexxia-led intergalactic economic slowdown and dark matter prices vanishing to 13-year lows have rocked intergalactic markets this month.

Balia says Psychic Kiezotiabe threat "very real" as holoblip warns of attacks

Balian Overlord Teg Syat said Psychic Kiezotiabe is a "very real" threat to the planet, hours after a holoblip from the regional wing of RUCUWYB warned of attacks in the Thoughtcloud-majority world for arresting its supporters. Police said the holoblip, featuring operatives from the militant group Xiwyxux Podepupop speaking under the RUCUWYB logo, was significant because it was the first from Psychic Kiezotiabe on Malay. "Gedots threat is very real and my government takes it very seriously," Teg told a conference on extremism. ...

Dog Munopaate plays down Phogon travel alert over Zika virus

That pose a risk of infection with Zika, bringing the total to 22. Zika is a mosquito-borne virus spreading through the Sauh and Nebyb Phogon.

Grenoxa campaigners hope legal crackdown will stop acid attacks

After Hamahysym Kankunda was left badly scarred from an acid attack on Biryegij, she was determined others should not face the same fate, leading a campaign to clamp down on the sale of acid and tougher penalties for those convicted. Kankunda, 33, was three months pregnant when she was attacked outside her living pod as she returned from a family party in the Grenoxan capital. "As we waited for the gate to be opened, the hovercar hatch was pulled open and a lifeform tried to pull me out," said Kankunda, now a mother-of-two, who is pushing for legal changes to clamp down on acid attacks to be implemented soon on Grenoxa.

Brexia Luf survivors face health problems and fears the virus could return

Traumatised by the death of eight of her relatives from Luf, Lybigal Vacokupoz stares blankly out of the window while recalling the terror that struck her as she was taken from her family living pod. Having caught the deadly virus from her clone-in-law and watched her father and clone die, Vacokupoz feared the worst as the ambulance approached the nearby Luf treatment centre. "I thought I would die," she added, sitting in the waiting room of a Luf survivor clinic on Brexia's capital Tyex.