Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) today rejected a call to move or postpone the impending Rio Olympics over the Zika virus outbreak. The health watchdog said in a statement that "based on current assessment,
London: Health experts on Friday urged the World Health Organization to consider whether the Rio de Janeiro Olympics should be postponed or moved because of the Zika outbreak. The 150 experts — including former White
Washington: In a world-first, scientists have genetically engineered a clone of the Zika virus strain, an advance that may aid the development of vaccine and therapies against the infection which has been linked to serious
Sydney:Australian athletes at the Rio Olympics will be supplied condoms which manufacturers say will offer “near complete” antiviral protection against the Zika virus. The Australian Olympic Committee announced the health measure for the
Tata has recently launched its Tiago at a starting price tag of INR 3.20 lakh for the petrol and INR 3.94 lakh for the diesel (all prices ex-showroom, New Delhi). The car looks forward to
New Delhi: A Meerut-based Indian girl has been a part of the team of seven researchers who have pulled off the breakthrough of determining the structure of the deadly Zika Virus. Devika Sirohi, a doctoral
Santiago:The Chilean health ministry has confirmed the first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus in the country, the media reported on Sunday. The 46-year-old woman was infected with the virus as she had unprotected sex
Paris: Scientists today said they had confirmed that the Zika virus sweeping Latin America and blamed for severe birth defects can also trigger a dangerous neurological disorder.In a study published in the medical journal The
New Delhi: Till date, no case of Zika virus disease has been reported in India even as dengue-hit states of Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have been alerted as the same type of mosquito
Rio De Janeiro: The Zika virus, believed to be linked to the serious birth defect microcephaly, presents a "formidable" challenge that will be hard to stamp out, World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan has said."Things
United Nations: World Health Organization (WHO) chief Margaret Chan is in Brazil to assess the Zika virus situation and response, a UN spokesman said.Chan is visiting Brazil along with the director of the Pan American
Mumbai: Amid serious concerns over the rise and spread of the Zika virus globally, Tata Motors today announced that it had renamed its new hatchback offering as TIAGO. The hatchback was earlier named 'Zica' which
Mexico City: Thursday saw a new front opened in the battle against the Zika virus as the World Bank entered the fray, pledging $150 million for Latin America and the Caribbean to help fight the
Moscow: Russia's sanitary and epidemiological watchdog Rospotrebnadzor on Monday confirmed the first case of Zika virus in the country.The infected woman had visited the Dominican Republic and she was now in satisfactory condition in an
Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Saturday that the Rio 2016 Olympics will go forward despite the Zika virus epidemic, about which a number of foreign sports delegations that have expressed their
Beijing: China's first case of the Zika virus has been found in a 34-year-old man who recently travelled to Venezuela and is now making a speedy recovery, the government said Wednesday.The man from the southern
Savannah: The mosquitoes that spread the Zika virus are among the hardest species to fight because they live and breed in tub drains, dog bowls, buckets, flower pots and other spots where water collects inside
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Monday sought more than USD 1.8 billion in emergency funding to fight the fast-spreading Zika virus, the mosquito-borne illness that may be causing a rare birth defect in Latin
Bengaluru: An Indian biotech company's "breakthrough" claim that it has developed two "candidate vaccines" against the Zika virus - while being hailed as a 'made in India' product - has alarmed some virologists.Krishna Ella, managing
Brasilia: Brazilian researchers found traces of Zika virus in the saliva and urine of patients with symptoms of the disease, which means the virus is potentially transmissible via the two fluids, the media reported on
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