Costa Rica health officials confirmed that there is a first known case of the Zika virus in the country.
Experts recommend doing further studies to ensure conclusive evidence linking Zika and sex.
The clothes were intially developed for dengue infection.
It's only a few months before the highly anticipated 2016 Summer Olympics will be hosted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. However, with the recent outbreak of the dreaded Zika virus, the country has released its countermeasures for the safety of athletes, participants and spectators, BBC reports.
The Zika outbreak is posing great health concerns across Latin America nowadays. And now, there's one more thing to worry about.
The country is one of the strictest in its implementation of the abortion laws.
As there are no cures and vaccines for these virus, your best defense against it is prevention.
Health officials of Brazil are now hopeful that the genetically modified mosquitoes may stop Zika virus from spreading. According to a British biotech company, releasing genetically modified sterile male mosquitoes has succeeded in reducing the number of disease-transmitting mosquitoes.
