A new study by the researchers at the Yale and Vanderbilt University indicates that bacteria can wipe out mosquitoes wit Zika or dengue virus. This is a natural way in getting rid of the virus.
The world Health Organization has officially declared that Zika Virus can be transmitted through sexual intercourse.
Following massive outbreaks in Latin America and Caribbean, CDC has warned that the number of Zika-infected pregnant women in the US has more than tripled in recent months. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama has recently criticized the US Congress for not approving his $1.9 billion budget request to fund anti-Zika programs.
The Zika virus has recently been detected in Aedes albopictus also known as Asian Tiger mosquito which inhabit and thrive in some parts of the US including the New England region. The dreaded virus is held responsible for rising microcephaly cases, a condition where an infant has an abnormally small head, in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Health official from the United States and Brazil have begun their joint efforts to study the link between the Zika virus and microcephaly.
Brazil and a U.S. research hospital in Texas have signed an agreement to create a Zika vaccine.
The infected person is believed to have contracted the virus from another who has a history of travel to Venezuela
Airlines and cruise ships are offering refunds and rebookings at no extra cost for pregnant women who bought fares to regions where Zika has been confirmed.
The virus can infect fetus to cause microcephaly that cause babies to be born with small heads and neurological problems.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that over this past year, malaria killed fewer than half a million people.
Researchers modified the genome of the mosquito to develop resistance to the malarial parasite and pass on the resistance.
Lindsay Lohan was hospitalized for a rare mosquito-borne virus known as Chikungunya in London.
A new specie has evolved which resists insecticides on mosquito nets aimed at killing mosquitoes.
