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DRDO flags rising global CBRN risks, warns of unstable geopolitical orderGlobal security faces growing challenges. DRDO scientist Upendra Kumar Singh stresses the need for stronger preparedness against chemical, ...- ZIKA Virus: Karnataka reports its first case in five-year-old girl, alert onFive-year-old girl from the Kolar district in Karnataka has tested positive for the ZIKA virus. WHO has declared Zika-related microcephaly ...
- India should be ready to fight Zika virus in case of an outbreak: NTAGI chief"Zika virus is something which is something like a priority virus for which both preventive measures have to be taken. There are efforts no...
- Zika Virus: First case reported in Karnataka, 5 year-old-girl tests positiveSince its discovery in the Zika forest in Uganda in 1947, several outbreaks of ZVD have been reported from Africa, Southeast Asia, and the ...
- Zika virus detected in Pune patient: Here's all we know about his symptomsTo prevent further outbreaks, the authorities have mandated an entomological scan of Pune city for the Zika virus. In the city, more invest...
- Outbreaks of Zika virus reported from UP, Kerala, Maharashtra in 2021: GovtResponding to a question on whether the country has the infrastructure and expertise for testing and treating persons infected with the Zik...
- ICMR to conduct trials of indigenously developed Zika vaccineICMR will undertake phase-II trial of the vaccine to establish the efficacy and safety of the vaccine along with its adverse effects.
- Zika cases rise to 109 in RajasthanThe first positive case of Zika virus in Jaipur was reported on September 21 which alerted the authorities both at the state and the centre.
- No need to panic, Zika outbreak under control: Health MinistryAccording to a Health Ministry official, 29 people have so far been tested positive for the disease in Rajasthan.
- Central team sent to Jaipur after 8 more people test positive for Zika infectionAccording to the World Health Organization's classification scheme on the prevalence of Zika virus, India is in category 2, indicating ongo...
- Zika mosquito may transmit dengue, chikungunya with one biteThe findings shed new light on what is known as a co- infection, which scientists say is not yet fully understood and may be fairly common ...
- 2015's Godzilla El Nino contributed to Zika outbreak: StudyLondon, Dec 20 (IANS) Change in weather patterns, brought on by the 'Godzilla' El Nino of 2015 -- one of the strongest on record, fuelled t...
- New tool to predict spread of Zika virusIn early 2015, a Zika virus outbreak in Brazil was soon followed by a high number of microcephaly cases, in which babies are born with abno...
- '500 million people at risk of contracting Zika in Americas'So far the number of countries and territories in the Americas reporting Zika virus transmission has increased to 37.
- Indian scientists were aware of Zika virus in 1950s: ICMR head Soumya SwaminathanTo deal with Zika, Swaminathan said, testing of people is being done in the country at present, besides looking at the issue of developing ...
- Indian scientists were aware of Zika virus in 1950s: ICMR head Soumya SwaminathanIndian scientists had even stored a vial of the pathogen, ICMR Director-General Soumya Swaminathan said.
- No case of Zika virus reported in India: GovernmentHealth Minister J P Nadda said during Question Hour that "till date, this disease (zika) is not reported from India."
- Health wrap: Zika virus - Doctors puzzled over severity of defect in babies; Australia to step up testing; Brazil Carnival roars despite scareWith so much happening in the world of health, we bring the major highlights.
- India beware: Zika now an international health emergencyWHO estimates there could be up to 4 million cases of Zika in the Americas in the next year, but no recommendations were made to restrict t...
- El Nino could be a possible trigger for Zika outbreakThe present outbreak in Brazil started in 2015, and it is estimated that there are between 400,000 and 1.4 million cases in the country.
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