Tag: Zika virus
Zika vaccine shows promise in early human trial
CHICAGO: A DNA-based Zika vaccine from Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc and South Korea’s GeneOne Life Science Inc induced anti-Zika immune responses in an early stage...
Ex-CDC chief opposes public health block grants in Trump budget
CHICAGO: Burried in the cuts to science and public health in President Trump's newly released budget blueprint is a longtime conservative proposal to award...
Many Brazilian women avoiding pregnancy due to Zika fears: study
Brazil should urgently review its reproductive health policies, scientists said on Friday, to support the more than 50 percent of potential mothers who say...
Baby born in Spain with Zika-caused microcephaly, first in Europe
A woman infected with the Zika virus gave birth in Spain to a baby with the brain-damaging disorder microcephaly, her hospital said, the first...
WHO says Zika response plan only 13 percent funded
The World Health Organisation’s Zika response programme is only 13 percent funded, “severely” compromising efforts to combat the virus that is increasingly becoming a...
Australia briefed on Zika virus ahead of Windies tour
Australia captain Steven Smith and his team have been warned about risks associated with the Zika virus ahead of their tour of the West...
Mosquitoes: can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em
Mozzies. Skeeters. Stingers. Whatever you call them, mosquitoes don’t get much love from our species.
And why should they? The buzzing bloodsuckers make us miserable...
Brazilian scientists find new Zika-linked brain disorder in adults
Scientists in Brazil have uncovered a new brain disorder associated with Zika infections in adults: an autoimmune syndrome called acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, or ADEM, that attacks...
Bangladesh confirms first case of Zika virus
Bangladesh confirmed on Tuesday its first case of the Zika virus in an old sample of blood from a 67-year old man who had...
No Zika virus detected in Pakistan: Saira Tarar
Minister of State for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHSRC) Saira Afzal Tarar on Thursday denied the presence of Zika mosquitoes in Pakistan,...
