Women in Areas With Zika Transmission Should Delay Pregnancy - WHO supriya kashyap kashyap11 Jun 2016 4:35 PM ISTThe World Health Organization is advising women living in areas where the Zika virus is being transmitted to delay getting pregnant, advice already...
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...
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...
WHO urges use of polio detection systems to screen for Zika-linked disorder supriya kashyap kashyap7 July 2016 3:11 PM ISTGeneva : A neurological condition linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus could be targeted globally with existing national programmes for detecting...
No Zika risk during Olympics: Michel Temer supriya kashyap kashyap8 July 2016 9:52 AM ISTBrasilia : Brazil's interim President Michel Temer has said that there is no risk of contracting the Zika virus during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio...
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...
Scientists identify anti Zika antibodies supriya kashyap kashyap30 July 2016 2:04 PM ISTWashington : US researchers said that they have identified antibodies which specifically protect against Zika virus infection in mice, an important...
