Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vanashakti & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/11/2024. In the application, the validity of CRZ Notification 2019 is under challenge. Applicants have prayed to declare the notification ultra-virus or, alternatively, to declare certain …
A woman in Spain infected with the Zika virus has given birth to a baby with the brain disease microcephaly, thought to be the first such birth in Europe. Authorities revealed in May they had detected microcephaly in the foetus but the couple decided to keep the baby. Felix Castillo, …
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Health officials here on Monday declared an end to the Zika epidemic in Colombia, the first time a South American country had turned the tide on the disease, they said. The Zika virus, which causes an illness related to dengue and is spread by mosquitoes, has infected …
FLORIDA health officials have trapped mosquitoes in an area of Miami-Dade County and are testing them for Zika to confirm whether a woman with the virus could be the first person infected directly by a mosquito bite in continental United States. Florida’s Department of Health and the US Centers for …
Researchers have now directly connected the Aedes aegypti mosquito with Zika transmission in the Americas, during an outbreak in southern Mexico. The findings will help scientists to better target efforts for controlling the population of mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus. In collaboration with colleagues from Mexico, University of Texas Medical …
Health officials in Florida are analyzing a new Zika infection in the Miami area that they think may be the nation's first transmission of Zika from a mosquito bite. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Florida's Department of Health said this week that the Zika case had been confirmed, …
It sounds like a pretty 'fowl' suggestion but the odour of chickens could be the key to preventing malaria or even Zika, scientists believe. Experiments by Swedish and Ethiopian scientists found that mosquitoes steer clear of homes which contain a live chicken suspended in a cage. The researchers believe mosquitoes …
Experts are trying to work out exactly how a US carer has caught Zika after tending to a dying elderly man with the virus. Until now it was thought that only mosquitoes and sex spread Zika, as well as the risk of mother-to-child transmission in the womb. The carer, from …
CHENNAI: Concerned over the sporadic cases of Zika virus in southeast Asia in the last two months and the possible threat to south India, the Union health ministry is on high alert. A team of officials from the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) will arrive here on July …
The recent explosive outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has been reported in South and Central America and the Caribbean. Neonatal microcephaly associated with ZIKV infection has already caused a public health emergency of international concern. No specific vaccines or drugs are currently available to treat ZIKV infection. The ZIKV …
SEOUL, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The sixth case of Zika virus infection in South Korea has been found in a 28-year-old woman who recently came back from Dominica, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said on Friday. The woman, who had stayed in the Central American country …
Babies with brains damaged by the Zika virus might still appear normal, a large study of Brazilian babies shows. Babies born with tiny heads - or microcephaly - is the main concern in the Zika outbreak. But the findings, published in the Lancet, show a fifth of babies that would …
Two Zika vaccine candidates have shown promising results in pre-clinical trials, scientists have announced. A single shot of either vaccines appeared effective in protecting mice from an infection, in the weeks that followed immunisation. On 1 February 2016, the World Health Organisation declared Zika a public health emergency of international …
A single dose of an experimental vaccine can protect mice against the Zika virus, raising renewed hope of a vaccine for humans, say scientists. The US team say the results, published in Nature, are "striking" and should "galvanise" research efforts. Tests in humans could begin in months. But even if …
Just when it seemed that missing cases of microcephaly in Colombia were straining the credibility of the Zika virus' connection to the birth defects, the latest report from Colombia includes five new cases of microcephaly with Zika infections. A recent report by the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) noted …
European scientists announced today they had discovered antibodies which attack Zika, a step they hope will pave the way for a protective vaccine against the brain-damaging virus. The antibodies—frontline soldiers in the immune system—“efficiently neutralise” Zika in human cells in lab dishes, and are also effective against its cousin virus …
Zika virus is a member of the flavivirus genus that had not been associated with severe disease in humans until the recent outbreaks, when it was linked to microcephaly in newborns in Brazil and to Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults in French Polynesia.
Zika virus (ZIKV) was discovered in 1947 and was thought to lead to relatively mild disease. The recent explosive outbreak of ZIKV in South America has led to widespread concern, with reports of neurological sequelae ranging from Guillain Barré syndrome to microcephaly. ZIKV infection has occurred in areas previously exposed …
The first Phase-1 human clinical trial of a vaccine for the Zika virus is set to begin in the coming weeks, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) green-lighting it. The DNA vaccine (GLS-5700) developed by the U.S-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals and GeneOne Life Science, South Korea, has already been …
Scientists have identified a single gene pathway that can disrupt Zika and similar viruses from spreading in the body and also act as a potential drug target for such deadly diseases. The findings showed that disabling SPCS1 -- in both human and insect cells -- reduces viral infection and does …
LONDON – Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. said it has developed a reagent that can drastically shorten the time to detect Zika virus infections, which are spreading mainly in Brazil. The reagent needs only 10 to 15 minutes to determine whether suspected carriers are infected, while the current method requires special …