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  No changes in venue or schedule of Rio Olympics due to Zika outbreak, confirms WHO

  Other Sports | May 28, 2016 17:41 IST

  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,

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  Zika outbreak: Health experts urge WHO to consider moving Rio Olympics

  Other Sports | May 28, 2016 7:35 IST

  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

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  World’s first Zika virus infectious cDNA clone developed

  World | May 19, 2016 9:52 IST

  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

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  Australian Olympic athletes at Rio to receive condoms for fighting Zika

  Other Sports | May 16, 2016 14:03 IST

  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

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  What Might Make Tiago to Run Over its Rivals?

  April 09, 2016 15:53 IST

  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

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  Meerut girl is youngest member of US team that decoded Zika virus

  India | April 06, 2016 23:01 IST

  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

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  Chile reports first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus

  World | March 27, 2016 9:19 IST

  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

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  Zika can trigger severe neurological disorder: study

  World | March 01, 2016 7:24 IST

  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

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  No case of Zika virus reported in India: Government

  Politics | February 26, 2016 16:53 IST

  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

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  Zika crisis to 'get worse before it gets better': WHO chief

  World | February 25, 2016 11:37 IST

  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

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  WHO chief in Brazil to assess Zika virus outbreak

  World | February 24, 2016 10:34 IST

  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

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  Zika impact: Tata Motors rechristens 'Zica' hatchback as TIAGO

  February 22, 2016 20:04 IST

  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

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  World Bank pledges $150 mn for fight against Zika

  February 19, 2016 7:03 IST

  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

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  Russia confirms first imported Zika case

  World | February 16, 2016 8:46 IST

  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

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  Dilma Rousseff says Zika won't jeopardise Olympic Games

  World | February 14, 2016 7:15 IST

  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

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  China reports 1st case of imported Zika virus

  World | February 10, 2016 11:39 IST

  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

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  Living with people they bite, Zika mosquitoes hard to fight

  World | February 09, 2016 10:51 IST

  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

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  Barack Obama seeks USD 1.8 billion emergency funding to fight Zika virus

  World | February 09, 2016 8:49 IST

  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

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  Zika vaccine claim: Hope or hype?

  India | February 08, 2016 17:23 IST

  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

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  Zika virus may be transmitted through saliva, urine

  World | February 06, 2016 12:21 IST

  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