Zika virus may cause stillbirths savita thakur thakur27 Feb 2016 3:05 PM ISTUS researchers have found a possible association of congenital Zika virus to stillbirths and damage to tissues outside the central nervous...
Zika virus causes Guillain-Barre syndrome: study savita thakur thakur2 March 2016 6:27 PM ISTWashington D.C: A recent study says that an analysis of blood samples from 42 patients diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) during the Zika...
Brazil to adopt WHO standards to determine microcephaly supriya kashyap kashyap10 March 2016 8:05 PM ISTBrazil: Brazil will adopt the World Health Organization (WHO) standards from the next week to determine if a baby has microcephaly, the media reported...
Zika virus linked to unreported eye problems in babies savita thakur thakur26 May 2016 6:13 PM ISTNEW DELHI: A team of ophthalmologists has found previously unreported eye problems in infants born to mothers who showed signs of Zika virus infection...
Retinal bleeding, abnormal blood vessel development and lesions in infants born to mothers with Zika savita thakur thakur2 Jun 2016 4:49 PM ISTOphthalmologists find retinal bleeding, abnormal blood vessel development and lesions in infants born to mothers who showed signs of the viral...
Massive study on pregnant women launched to combat Zika virus supriya kashyap kashyap24 Jun 2016 2:27 PM ISTWashington : US researchers announced plans to conduct a vast study on health risks faced by pregnant women in areas where Zika virus is prevalent,...
Zika virus may not cause microcephaly : Study supriya kashyap kashyap27 Jun 2016 2:42 PM ISTNew York : The number of missing cases of microcephaly epidemic in several countries raises serious questions about the assumed connection between...
Spain records first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus supriya kashyap kashyap4 July 2016 4:45 PM ISTMadrid : Spain has recorded its first known case of the Zika virus being sexually transmitted, after a woman contracted it from her partner after he...
Zika outbreak to end in two to three years, scientists predict supriya kashyap kashyap16 July 2016 1:36 PM ISTThe Zika outbreak rampaging through Latin America will likely burn itself out in the next two to three years, based on the fact that people develop...
Microcephaly Discoveries Made in Non-Zika Cases help explain abnormal brain growth supriya kashyap kashyap7 Aug 2016 12:39 PM ISTLong before Zika virus made it a household word, the birth defect called microcephaly puzzled scientists and doctors even as it changed the lives of...
Zika infection may lead to severe joint condition at birth supriya kashyap kashyap12 Aug 2016 1:47 PM ISTLondon : Brain cells that control the contraction or relaxation of muscles may be involved in Zika virus infection in the womb leading to a condition...
AIIMS researchers find how Zika virus may cause microcephaly supriya kashyap kashyap17 Aug 2016 12:27 PM ISTNew Delhi : A team of Indian researchers, steered by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, has proposed a plausible mechanism that...
