Zika virus is more of concern now by the World Health Organization (WHO). It has issued warning Friday for pregnant women from across the world not to visit Zika affected zones. Last month the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) too warned the same as the virus is […]

World Health Organization (WHO) declares after Monday’s emergency meeting of independent experts the Zika virus outbreak is a global emergency even without getting a definitive evidence it is causing a surge in babies born with brain defects in Brazil. The UN agency called the outbreak as an extraordinary event posing […]

WHO is to start Ebola vaccination in Sierra Leone and about 200 people are to be given the shot. The move comes after the death of a 67-year-old woman on Saturday who got in contact of the virus. The woman from Kambia district died after five days last Ebola patient […]

The World Health Organization announced Thursday to be launching emergency yellow fever vaccination campaigns in the areas within 75-100 km of the border of Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo as well as in the Congolese capital Kinshasa. More than 300 people have been lately killed in Angola due to […]

In a new study it is found the Zika virus in late pregnancy may cause fewer birth defects. The researchers claim greatest risk to infants comes in early pregnancy. Columbia University infectious diseases expert D. W. Ian Lipkin said the birth defects may also occur in women who get no […]

World Health Organization (WHO) has lately suggested women to delay pregnancy who are living in areas where the Zika virus is active. This will help in avoiding having babies with birth defects. Zika transmission is either occurring or being expected in the Caribbean region and in 46 countries across Latin […]