Since its discovery in the Zika forest in Uganda in 1947, several outbreaks of ZVD have been reported from Africa, Southeast Asia, and the ...

To prevent further outbreaks, the authorities have mandated an entomological scan of Pune city for the Zika virus. In the city, more invest...

Responding to a question on whether the country has the infrastructure and expertise for testing and treating persons infected with the Zik...

ICMR will undertake phase-II trial of the vaccine to establish the efficacy and safety of the vaccine along with its adverse effects.

The first positive case of Zika virus in Jaipur was reported on September 21 which alerted the authorities both at the state and the centre.

According to a Health Ministry official, 29 people have so far been tested positive for the disease in Rajasthan.

According to the World Health Organization's classification scheme on the prevalence of Zika virus, India is in category 2, indicating ongo...

The 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 ...

London, Dec 20 (IANS) Change in weather patterns, brought on by the 'Godzilla' El Nino of 2015 -- one of the strongest on record, fuelled t...

In 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...

So far the number of countries and territories in the Americas reporting Zika virus transmission has increased to 37.

To 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 had even stored a vial of the pathogen, ICMR Director-General Soumya Swaminathan said.

Health Minister J P Nadda said during Question Hour that "till date, this disease (zika) is not reported from India."

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WHO 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...

The 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.