The patients in Lucknow -- a 30-year-old man residing in Hussainganj area and a 24-year-old woman from Krishnanagar area on Kanpur Road -- ...

Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that spreads through the bite of an infected Aedes species of mosquito, which bites during the day, symptoms...

Samples were collected from various pockets in the neighbouring areas of IAF station hangars and sent to the lab at King George's Medical U...

The total number of Zika virus cases in the city has now touched 10. A report by King George's Medical University (KGMU) lab of Lucknow on ...

Of the fresh cases, two were natives of Anayara here, where a cluster of the disease had been identified within a three kilometre radius, H...

The minister, in a release, also said that a control room has been set up at the district medical office in the wake of the Zika outbreak i...

The symptoms are similar to dengue and they include fever, rashes and joint pain. Health Minister of the State Veena George said an action ...

Lav Agarwal said, "There are some Zika cases which have been reported from Kerala. To monitor the situation and to support the state govern...

Zika virus is spread by the same mosquito that carries dengue and chikungunya and has been regarded as great cause for worry for pregnant w...

AIIMS recently held a workshop to acquaint doctors with the key symptoms of the disease and how to detect it at the earliest.

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said Indian Embassy in Singapore has reported that 13 Indians have been affected by Zik...

An ongoing epidemic of Zika virus began in early 2015 in Brazil and with it new evidence emerged that Zika virus infection of mothers durin...

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...

Pregnant women with Zika during first trimester have a risk of up to 13 per cent that their infant will be born with the microcephaly defec...

With so much happening in the world of health, we bring the major highlights.

Zika virus is spreading rapidly in Latin America, and Asian governments have issued advisories in a bid to contain the spread of the diseas...

Having caused worldwide concern because of its connection to a neurological birth disorder, we list some facts about it.