USFDA steps in to cut Zika transmission risk through surgeries savita thakur thakur3 March 2016 4:03 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued new recommendations to reduce the risk of potential transmission of the mosquito-borne Zika virus from...
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...
New Paper Based Test Offers Easy, Rapid, Cheap Check for Zika supriya kashyap kashyap8 May 2016 12:07 PM ISTWashington D.C : A team of researchers has brought a cheap, fast and easy way to detect the Zika virus closer to reality.Using cutting-edge...
Mice Experiments show how Zika invades placenta, fetus to kill to-be born child supriya kashyap kashyap13 May 2016 2:32 PM ISTMiami : Experiments using lab mice show how the Zika virus travels through the bloodstream, multiplies in the placenta and invades the brain of the...
Scientists Genetically Engineer Zika Virus Clone supriya kashyap kashyap18 May 2016 4:21 PM ISTNew York : In a pioneering effort, a team of researchers has genetically engineered a clone of the Zika virus strain.According to them, cloning the...
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...
US researcher contracts Zika during experiment supriya kashyap kashyap11 Jun 2016 4:34 PM ISTA United States laboratory researcher was back at work after contracting the Zika virus by pricking herself with a needle during an experiment last...
Dengue virus exposure may amplify Zika infection supriya kashyap kashyap24 Jun 2016 2:26 PM ISTPrevious exposure to the dengue virus may increase the potency of Zika infection, according to research from Imperial College London.The early-stage...
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...
Scientists coming closer to Zika Vaccine supriya kashyap kashyap1 July 2016 2:04 PM ISTWashington D.C : A team of Sc may be a step closer to developing some protection from Zika virus (ZIKV) with multiple vaccines in the...
New portable $2 saliva test detects Zika in 40 minutes supriya kashyap kashyap2 July 2016 3:36 PM ISTNew York : Scientists have now developed a new $2 test that has been found in the lab to accurately detect low levels of the virus in saliva.The World...
