This article highlights the drastic difference of the findings of recent studies on the Zika virus. It also tackles the possible reasons for the confusion and the urgency of developing clear and similar methodoligies of the studies.
According to a research in the United States, an evidence was found stating that there is a possibility of Zika virus replicating in fatal brains. This happens till seven months after the mother gets infected with the virus.
This year, the summer season needs to be welcomed with a little better prevention strategy. People not only need to equip themselves with sunscreens and lotions, but with better Zika prevention efforts as well.
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.
France has reported its first Zika-related death in its Carribean island of Martinique. The announcement came from the regional health agency.
A group of New York-based doctors have published their findings involving Zika symptoms they have observed in a patient. Knowing what to look for is important as the approaching mosquito season may lead to a sudden upsurge of Zika outbreaks across the United States.
A pregnant Connecticut teen has been recently tested positive Zika virus. The dreaded mosquito-borne virus responsible for birth defects among babies including microcephaly- a condition characterized by an infant’s unusually small heads- that swept much of Latin America and the Caribbean in recent months.
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.
Federal officials announced a guidance for couple to delay pregnancy plan if either of them have been exposed to Zika virus that could lead to birth defects.
The vaccine protected volunteers against an mild attenuated form of all four serotypes of dengue virus. Its success in phase 3 clinical trials could boost zika vaccine development.
The case study of a premature newborn without brain and fluid filled cavities hints at zika connection.
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar visited their daughter Jill and son-in-law Derick Dillard while on a mission to Central America. The act, however, was lambasted by followers saying that they should have stayed home and look after their other kids.
A case study involving a British man found that Zika virus can last in semen for two months.
Brazil and a U.S. research hospital in Texas have signed an agreement to create a Zika vaccine.
The health agency also suggested that couples abstain from any form of insertive sexual contact during pregnancy
