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Possible link between the Zika virus- joint deformities in babies found
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C., Aug .10 (ANI): There might be a possible link between the Zika virus and rare, but severe, joint deformities in babies, said a study by scientists in Brazil.
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3 Zika vaccine approaches show early promise
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Aug 5 (ANI): Three different investigational Zika virus vaccine platforms have offered new hope against the deadly disease.
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Murray shrugs off Zika fears ahead of Rio Olympics
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg, Aug.3 (ANI): World number two Andy Murray has played down the potential threat of Zika virus as well as the absence of two of his leading rivals namely Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka as he is looking forward to defend his Olympic medal at Rio de Janeiro.
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Turns out, Zika infection caused by one virus serotype
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 30 (ANI): If a recent study is to be believed, then vaccination against a single strain of Zika virus is enough to protect us from the genetically diverse strains of the virus.
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Djokovic to compete at Rio, shrugs off Zika concerns
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg, July 28 (ANI): World number one Novak Djokovic has said that he would play in next month's Rio Olympics despite increasing fears about the Zika virus.
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How Zika virus replicates unraveled
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 27 (ANI): A team of researchers has cracked open the mystery of Zika virus replication.
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More than 90m people may get Zika over next few years
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 26 (ANI): As many as 93 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean, including 1.6 million childbearing women, are at risk of catching the Zika virus before the epidemic burns out, according to a team of researchers.
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Universal flu vaccine comes closer to reality
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 23 (ANI): Every year, many people roll up their sleeves for a flu shot. Howbeit, the influenza virus has thousands of strains and the vaccine can't guard against all of them. But now, a team of researchers finally might be onto something.
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Zika found in common house mosquito in Brazil: Researchers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York, July 22 (ANI): Researchers in Brazil have announced the "presence of the Zika virus" in Culex mosquitoes, the common house mosquito in the eastern city of Recife.
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New drug found to block Zika virus' journey from mum to her fetus
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C., July 19 (ANI): Looks like a way out has been found to prevent Zika virus to travel from a pregnant woman to her fetus.
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New HIV drugs lock virus in immaturity
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 17 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that a new type of HIV drug, currently being tested, works in an unusual way.
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Golfers snubbing Olympics because of no prize money, says Rio official
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Melbourne, July 17 (ANI):Carlos Nuzman, the head of the organizing committee for the Rio Olympics, has tipped the lack of prize money as the main reason behind the withdrawal of the world's top four golfers from the games and not because of increasing fear of Zika virus.
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