Geneva , Feb 02: About forty potential vaccines for the Zika virus are being tested, but none are likely to be available for women of childbearing age before 2020, the
New Delhi, Dec 28: The rapid rise of the Zika infections across many parts of the world had a large section of the population mightily worried till its “global emergency”
NewYork,Nov19:Zika is still spreading, but the World Health Organization (WHO) no longer views it as a public health emergency. It is hoped the downgrade will benefit long-term plans to fight
Bangkok,Oct6:Predominantly Buddhist Thailand will relax its strict rules against abortion to cover fetuses with proven birth defects linked to the Zika virus, health officials said on Thursday, doubling to 24
Bangkok,Oct3:Thailand is considering testing all pregnant women for Zika, the health ministry said on Monday, following confirmation last week of its first known cases of microcephaly, a birth defect marked
Miami, September 10: Aerial insecticide spraying to combat mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus is underway in Miami Beach. A plane carrying the insecticide naled released the spray over the targeted area before on Friday.
Eyes may be a reservoir for Zika virus, say scientists, including one of Indian origin, who found evidence of the virus in eyes and tears of infected mice, a discovery
Kuala Lumpur,Sept3:The Malaysian health ministry on Saturday said it has detected the first case of a locally transmitted Zika infection in a 61-year-old man in the state of Sabah. Malaysia
New Delhi, September 1: The External Affairs Ministry (MEA) has confirmed that 13 Indians have tested positive for the Zika virus in Singapore, after an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease
Singapore,Sept1: Thirteen Indian citizens are among those infected in an outbreak of the Zika virus in Singapore, according to a person at the Indian High Commission in the city-state. Foreign
New York, August 30: Researchers have found some existing drug compounds — including one already used as a treatment for tapeworm infection in humans — that have the potential to both
Singapore, August 29: Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday announced that the number of people in the city state infected by locally transferred Zika virus has increased to 41. The
SINGAPORE,August 29: Officials sprayed insecticide and cleared drains of stagnant water in residential areas of Singapore at high risk of further Zika infections on Monday after 41 locally transmitted cases
CHICAGO,August 27: New Zika research released today has found that the virus may spread sexually from a man to a woman even if the man had no symptoms of Zika
Bengaluru, Aug 22: Olympics runner Sudha Singh, who had participated in the steeplechase competition at Rio, is currently being treated in isolation at a Bengaluru hospital as doctors suspect she
Miami August 20Federal health officials on Friday warned pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirmed that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was active in the popular
Tests involving three different kinds of Zika vaccines on rhesus monkeys have produced good immune responses and caused no adverse effects, raising hopes for the development of an effective vaccine
New Delhi August 5: Making a step closed to developing a safe and effective vaccine against Zika virus, a team of researchers claimed positive results in the latest study in
Miami July 30:Four recently infected people in the Miami area — one woman and three men — are believed to have contracted the virus locally through mosquito bites, governor Rick
Sweden July 22:Even though it sounds like a ‘fowl’ suggestion,growing a chicken or having its presence is the next best thing humans could have against the combat of epidemics like