Zika Virus
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How deadly is the Zika Virus?
Lifestyle | Jun 03, 2017, 11:52 AM ISTAccording to World Health Organisation, people diagnosed with Zika virus should take plenty of rest, drink fluid and treat pain and fever with common medicines.
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Zika in India: 4 myths about Zika virus that you need not believe
Lifestyle | Jun 01, 2017, 06:06 PM ISTZika is a viral disease spread mainly by Aedes mosquitoes and unprotected sex.
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Zika in India: Pregnant women need to know these 7 things about the virus
Lifestyle | Jun 01, 2017, 06:21 PM ISTDiscovery of Zika patients in India might have created a panic among people, especially the pregnant women who are said to be more prone to the virus. But instead of panicking, here are few things you need to know.
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How did Zika reach India? What can you do to protect yourself
Lifestyle | May 31, 2017, 12:43 PM ISTAll the three people who’ve been diagnosed with Zika have no-travel history to Zika-affected country.
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WHO confirms first three cases of Zika Virus in India
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Zika reaches India, WHO confirms 3 cases in Ahmedabad
India | May 27, 2017, 10:56 PM ISTHowever, the WHO did not recommend any travel or trade restriction to India based on the current information available.
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Amazing! This smartphone app can detect Zika, dengue in 30 minutes
Lifestyle | Mar 21, 2017, 05:45 PM ISTResearchers including one of Indian origin have developed a smartphone-controlled, battery-operated diagnostic device claims to detect Zika, dengue and chikungunya within 30 minutes. The device, developed by the team at Sandia National Labs, part of
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Zika no longer a world public health emergency, declares WHO
World | Nov 19, 2016, 03:56 PM ISTThe World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday declared that Zika is no longer a world health emergency.
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Zika virus unlikely to infect same person twice, claims new research
Lifestyle | Oct 14, 2016, 05:05 PM ISTA recent research has found that a person contaminated with Zika is unlikely to get fever twice. According to the research, conducted by Stephen Higgs, director of the Biosecurity Research Institute at Kansas State University
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Zika virus likely to spread across Asia: WHO
World | Oct 11, 2016, 12:07 PM ISTZika infections were "highly likely" to keep spreading across Asia, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Tuesday.
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Bangkok hit by Zika virus, 21 fresh cases detected
World | Sep 11, 2016, 11:41 AM ISTAt least 21 Zika virus cases have been detected in capital Bangkok, authorities have announced. According to Wantanee Wattana, deputy permanent secretary for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), 21 patients' situation in the city's Sathorn
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Two more Indians infected with Zika in Singapore
India | Sep 04, 2016, 04:00 PM ISTTwo more Indians have been infected with Zika virus in Singapore, taking the total number of Indian nationals tested positive for the mosquito-borne disease in the city-state to 15, health officials said on Sunday. As
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India could be next on Zika's target, say scientists
World | Sep 02, 2016, 04:52 PM ISTTrying to detect the future path of Zika virus infections, scientists believe that that 2.6 billion people living in parts of Asia and Africa could be at risk of infection, based on a new level
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13 Indians among 115 Zika-hit patients in Singapore, confirms MEA
India | Sep 01, 2016, 12:42 PM ISTIndia’s Ministry of External Affairs today confirmed that 13 of its nationals had tested positive for the deadly Zika virus in Singapore.
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Tapeworm could help cure Zika virus infection
World | Sep 01, 2016, 11:20 AM ISTResearchers have found some existing drug compounds – including one already used as a treatment for tapeworm infection in humans – that have the potential to both stop Zika from replicating in the body and
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41 people infected by Zika virus in Singapore
World | Aug 28, 2016, 09:22 PM ISTSingapore authorities confirmed on Sunday that 40 people have been infected locally by the Zika virus, but most have fully recovered. Singapore announced its first Zika infection in May, with the virus imported by a
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Newborn with Zika virus found infected 2 months after birth
Lifestyle | Aug 25, 2016, 01:32 PM ISTIn the first reported case of prolonged Zika infection in newborns, physicians have described the diagnosis of a Brazilian baby born with Zika infection in January 2016 who remained infected even two months and one
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Rio athlete Sudha Singh tested positive for swine flu, not Zika virus
Other Sports | Aug 24, 2016, 07:57 AM ISTRio Olympian and Indian long distance runner Sudha Singh, who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here for a suspected Zika virus infection, has tested positive for swine flu and will be out of action for at least two months
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Indian runner, who returned sick from Rio, under medical surveillance on suspicion of Zika
Other Sports | Aug 22, 2016, 12:45 PM ISTMiddle-distance runner Sudha Singh, who arrived from Rio on Saturday, is being treated for viral infection in an isolation room at a hospital here since Saturday. Besides dengue and malaria, the athlete is being investigated
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Zika virus antibodies identified in mice
World | Jul 29, 2016, 10:03 AM ISTResearchers from the Washington University School of Medicine have claimed to identify antibodies that protect against Zika virus infection in mice.