https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed People traveling from abroad to Spain are expected to bring the total number of zika virus cases in the country to 200, officials said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160202/200-cases-of-zika-virus-expected-in-spain-this-year Tue, 02 Feb 2016 18:07:43 +0100 200-cases-of-zika-virus-expected-in-spain-this-year The European Centre for Disease Control has published a Rapid Risk Assessment after a 60-year-old Spanish man became the first person to contract the chikungunya virus without having travelled to an infected area. https://www.thelocal.es/20150825/alert-chikungunya-mosquito-virus-spain Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:34:19 +0200 alert-chikungunya-mosquito-virus-spain Spain's health minister condemned those who choose not to have themselves or their children vaccinated on Wednesday after a six-year-old child was admitted into hospital for contracting an illness that had been eradicated in Spain nearly 30 years ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20150604/health-minister-its-irresponsible-not-to-vaccinate Thu, 04 Jun 2015 11:45:58 +0200 health-minister-its-irresponsible-not-to-vaccinate People with more words at their disposal might be at lower risk of developing Alzheimer's, a surprising new study by Spanish scientists shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20141021/big-vocabulary-could-protect-elderly-against-alzheimers-santiago-de-compostela-university Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:45:00 +0200 big-vocabulary-could-protect-elderly-against-alzheimers-santiago-de-compostela-university