A recent study by researchers at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania discovered a new Zika vaccine candidate that has the potential to protect against the virus with a single dose.
First case of Zika infection is confirmed in Travis County where a new-born child has clear signs of microcephaly. The child's mother was in Central America during her pregnancy in 2016, August and the symptoms of the child show that he has been attacked by the virus in the early stages of development.
A recent study by scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has identified seven key proteins in the Zika virus that may be the major cause of the damage in Zika virus.
It was not before the discovery of birth abnormality found in newborn Brazilian children that Zika virus blasted the whole world health community with a deafening bang.
Zika virus is spreading in Texas as well. Brownsville has reported transmission of the virus. DPH has issued a warning to the public from traveling to Brownsville
Zika virus transmits sexually too. A new study was done on mice and they got infected when the virus was placed on their reproductive organs.
A new study led by UCLA finds that abnormalities linked to Zika that occur in fetuses are more extensive and severe, than previously thought.
Argentine physicians point out that the microcephaly outbreak in Brazil is caused by Monsanto Larvicide and not the Zika virus.
