Zika

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Is Global Warming Making Us Sicker?

Debapriyo Chakraborty 27/07/2018

The world is currently plagued by an upsurge in...

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Tamil Nadu Confirms First Case of Zika – Within 11 Days of Detection

Anoo Bhuyan 10/07/2017

The Tamil Nadu government conducted three tests in different...

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Days Before Confirming Three Zika Cases, WHO Moved India to Same Category as Brazil

Anoo Bhuyan 02/06/2017

India was moved up from the safest category 4...

Rosana Vieira Alves and her 5-month-old daughter Luana Vieira, who was born with microcephaly, pose for picture in the sea of Porto de Galinhas, a beach located in Ipojuca, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, March 2, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino/Files

India Used Questionable Loophole to Hide Its Zika Cases From the WHO

Anoo Bhuyan 02/06/2017

Indian officials say there was no responsibility to inform...

An aedes aegypti mosquitoes is seen in The Gorgas Memorial institute for Health Studies laboratory as they conduct a research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases in Panama City

No Zika, Says Key Disease Surveillance Portal, Contradicting Health Ministry, WHO

Anoo Bhuyan 29/05/2017

While the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme reports in detail...

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Debunking Myths About Malaria and Its Vector, the Mosquito

Tabitha Mwangi 10/04/2017

There are lots of tall tales about mosquitoes and...

Worker fumigates along a street in Yangon, Myanmar November 18, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

Myanmar Struggles to Prepare For Possible Zika Outbreak

Shwe Yee Saw Myint 20/11/2016

The Ministry of Health's Than Htun Aung said measures...