Zika Virus

The latest information, research and guidance from international sources.

By Linda Anfuso

Science
Climate change could bring Zika and malaria to Britain, the Department of Health fears
The Telegraph - By Sarah Knapton
Climate change could bring Zika and malaria to Britain, the Department of Health fears, and has announced a multi-million pound research fund to tackle the health effects of global warming. Currently diseases
Mosquitoes
Scientists Release Controversial Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In High-Security Lab
NPR - Rob Stein
Scientists have launched a major new phase in the testing of a controversial genetically modified organism: a mosquito designed to quickly spread a genetic mutation lethal to its own species, NPR has For
Malarial drug inhibits Zika virus growth, IIT Mandi team finds
thehindu.com - R. Prasad
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi have found a drug hydroxychloroquine or HCQ, that is already being used for treating …
Undeterred by Sanofi's stumble, Takeda takes similar path with dengue shot
Reuters Canada - By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new vaccine for the dengue virus is taking a potentially risky road to prevent the mosquito-borne disease that infects nearly 400 million people each year. Takeda Pharmaceutical Ltd
A Virus Even More Dangerous Than Zika to Pregnant Women
The New York Times - By EMILY BAUMGAERTNER
The mosquito-borne virus that causes Rift Valley fever may severely injure human fetuses if contracted by mothers during pregnancy, according to new research. In a study published last month in the journal
Louisiana Cops Forced to Explain That Zika-Tainted Meth Doesn't Exist After Dumb Prank Backfires
Gizmodo - Ed Cara
A social media prank concocted by a Louisiana police department over the weekend went unexpectedly viral and began being taken seriously by some, …
Public Health
Nature Seychelles 2016
natureseychelles.org
Previously an obscure disease, chikungunya has now entered the vocabulary of all Seychellois. In La Reunion where it has infected more than one third …
Monitoring of Zika Virus Disease cases in Rajasthan
pib.nic.in
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Posted On: 08 OCT 2018 5:51PM by PIB Delhi Few cases of Zika virus disease have been reported in Jaipur, …
News
CDC's handling of polio-like illness criticized by its own advisers
CNN - By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent
Albany, Oregon (CNN) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's own medical advisers are criticizing the federal health agency for being slow to respond to a polio-like disease that's struck hundreds
Sudan
Sudan reports outbreak of mosquito-borne Chikungunya disease in eastern state
Reuters India - by Khalid Abdelaziz
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - More than 11,000 people in Sudan’s eastern state of Kassala have been infected over the past month by Chikungunya, a debilitating mosquito-borne viral disease, but no deaths have reported,
Mosquitoes
Gene tweak kills whole population of malaria-carrying mosquitoes in lab
CNBC - Matthew Diebel
Scientists have killed a whole population of malaria-carrying mosquitoes in their lab by using modified genes that make the killer insects …
Mosquitoes
Genetically engineered mosquitoes are about to fly free in Africa
futurism.com - Kristin Houser
AN AFRICAN FIRST. A tiny nation in Africa is ready to take a big biotech gamble. On Wednesday, researchers announced that they’d gotten the go-ahead …
This Is Probably Why Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others
Inverse - By Richard Halfpenny, The Conversation
Research shows it has little to do with your blood type. Filed Under Environment, Genetics & Health Surprisingly few of the more than 3,000 mosquito …
23 Facts to Help You Outsmart Mosquitos This Summer
Travel + Leisure - Hallie Levine / Health.com
Disease-carrying mosquitoes are terrors, but there are ways to stay safe from Zika and other illnesses. Arm yourself with this guide to all things mosquito. This article originally appeared on Health.com.
Why Zika is so alarming: Scientists show the virus hijacks cells to spread further and faster through the body than similar
dailymail.co.uk - Mary Kekatos
Zika virus hijacks cells to spread all over the body, crippling the immune system in a way that similar mosquito-borne disease do not. That is …
University of Florida
Keystone Virus Makes First Known Jump From Mosquitoes To Humans
NPR - Vanessa Romo
Updated at 10:45 a.m. ET Friday Just in time for the hot, humid, bug-bite-riddled summer: Researchers from the University of Florida have confirmed the first known case of a human infected with the mosquito-borne
Fearing New Outbreaks, Brazil Will Vaccinate Country Against Yellow Fever
The New York Times - By SHASTA DARLINGTON
SÃO PAULO — Hoping to stave off another deadly outbreak of yellow fever, Brazil’s government announced on Tuesday that it planned to vaccinate the entire country against the mosquito-borne virus by April
News
Other viruses cause Zika-like damage to fetuses, study finds
CNN - By Susan Scutti, CNN
(CNN) — In 2016, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that the Zika virus caused birth defects in babies born to women who had been infected while pregnant. This was the first mosquito-borne
The EPA has approved the release of weaponized mosquitoes in 20 US states
Quartz - By Echo Huang
The US Environmental Protection Agency has given its approval for MosquitoMate, a Kentucky-based biotechnology company, to release its bacteria-infected male mosquitoes in several parts of the United The
Although the number of Zika cases has fallen, the virus is unlikely to vanish
The Washington Post - By Aimee Cunningham
Less than a year after the World Health Organization declared that Zika is no longer a public health emergency, the virus seems to have fallen from public consciousness, at least outside heavily affected
A Zika Vaccine Shows Signs of Success in an Early Human Trial
Fortune - Reuters
A DNA-based Zika vaccine from Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (ino) and South Korea’s GeneOne Life Science Inc induced anti-Zika immune responses in an …
Co-Diagnostics, Inc. Verifies Zika CoPrimerâ¢ Test
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Sanofi Never Rejected Fair Pricing for Zika Vaccine: Exec
bna.com - July 18, 2017
A Sanofi executive is disputing claims it rejected a fair-pricing provision in a pending agreement to license two Zika vaccine candidates developed …
Poor Vision May Be Sign of Zika Damage in Babies
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Malaria drug shields foetus from Zika
thehindu.com - R. Prasad
Commonly used malaria drug hydroxychloroquine can effectively block the Zika virus from crossing the placenta and getting into the foetus and …
Federal study looking at Zika and HIV infection during pregnancy
registercitizen.com - By Amanda Cuda
The National Institutes of Health is studying the potential risks that infection with the Zika virus might pose for pregnancies in which the mother …
Why India Needs to Worry About the Zika Threat
thediplomat.com - Nayan Chakravarty and Kavita Tatwadi, The Diplomat
A case of the Zika virus has been recently reported in Chennai, India. This comes on the heels of three Zika cases reported in Ahmedabad in May 2017 …