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  • Factfile on Zika. A new study in Brazil has found further evidence of the link between the virus and babies born with microcephaly.

    The Zika virus

    The Zika virus

    2077 days ago
  • FILE: A Health Ministry employee fumigates a home against the Aedes aegypti mosquito to prevent the spread of the Zika virus. Picture: AFP.

    Ministry: About 200 Zika cases recorded in Thailand

    It was the first time Thailand’s health ministry has confirmed the number of Zika cases this year.

    2080 days ago
  • The Aedes Aegypti mosquito larvae photographed at a laboratory of the Ministry of Health of El Salvador in San Salvador. Picture: AFP.

    Thailand finds 21 new cases of Zika in Bangkok, including pregnant woman

    Residents in the Thai capital were urged not to be alarmed after the cases were confirmed.

    2081 days ago
  • The Aedes Aegypti mosquito larvae photographed at a laboratory of the Ministry of Health of El Salvador in San Salvador. Picture: Marvin Recinos/AFP.

    WHO updates view on Zika as cause of brain abnormalities

    Zika virus infection during pregnancy is a cause of congenital brain abnormalities including microcephaly.

    2085 days ago
  • This file photo taken in January 2016 shows an Aedes Aegypti mosquito sitting on human skin in a lab of the International Training and Medical Research Training Center in Cali, Colombia. Picture: AFP.

    Malaysia confirms first case of Zika in pregnant woman

    Malaysia earlier confirmed its first case of Zika in a 58-year-old woman who had visited Singapore.

    2086 days ago
  • FILE: An Aedes Aegypti mosquito sitting on human skin in a lab of the International Training and Medical Research Training Center (CIDEIM) in Cali, Colombia. Picture: AFP

    Malaysia confirms first case of Zika virus

    A woman tested positive for the virus following a three-day visit to neighbouring Singapore.

    2092 days ago
  • FILE: Aedes aegypti mosquitos are photographed in a laboratory at the University of El Salvador, in San Salvador, on 3 February 2016. Picture: AFP/Marvin Recinos.

    Zika may be worse than feared in Southeast Asia

    All 15 the cases were in or near the Aljunied area in the southeast of the city-state.

    2094 days ago
  • This file photo taken on January 25, 2016 shows an Aedes Aegypti mosquito sitting on human skin. Picture: AFP.

    Singapore mass sprays residences as Zika expected to spread

    Singapore is at high risk of further Zika infections after 41 locally transmitted cases were confirmed.

    2095 days ago
  • FILE: The Aedes Aegypti mosquito larvae photographed at a laboratory of the Ministry of Health of El Salvador in San Salvador. Picture: Marvin Recinos/AFP.

    Singapore confirms 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus

    Four Singaporean men had developed symptoms of the virus in the past week and were hospitalised on Saturday.

    2095 days ago
  • This file photo taken in January 2016 shows an Aedes Aegypti mosquito sitting on human skin in a lab of the International Training and Medical Research Training Center in Cali, Colombia. Picture: AFP.

    Reports: Hong Kong's first suspected Zika case tests negative

    Zika was detected in Brazil last year and has since spread across the Americas.

    2098 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: AFP.

    Hong Kong confirms first case of Zika virus

    Hong Kong has confirmed its first case of Zika, putting the Asian financial centre on high alert.

    2099 days ago
  • FILE: A child remains at the Maternity and Children’s hospital in Tegucigalpa on 26 February 2016. Picture: AFP/Orlando Sierra.

    Study shows extent of brain damage from Zika infections

    The study included reports on 28 fetuses or newborns with brain anomalies.

    2100 days ago
  • FILE: The Aedes Aegypti mosquito larvae photographed at a laboratory of the Ministry of Health of El Salvador in San Salvador. Picture: Marvin Recinos/AFP.

    Florida announces Zika case hundreds of miles from Miami

    Florida Governor Rick Scott also said there were four new cases of Zika transmission in the Wynwood.

    2101 days ago
  • The World Health Organisation campaign on finding solutions over the Zika outbreak. Picture: WHO.

    Zika spreads to Miami Beach, US expands travel warning

    Authorities have also heighten concerns over Zika’s spread in the continental United States.

    2104 days ago
  • Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are photographed in a laboratory at the University of El Salvador, in San Salvador, on 3 February 2016. Picture: AFP

    Study in mice shows Zika virus also attacks adult brain cells

    The findings are preliminary and may not have any correlation on how it impacts on the human brain.

    2105 days ago
  • Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives onstage during a primary night rally at the Duggal Greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 7 June, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Picture: AFP.

    Clinton urges Congress to reconvene, pass Zika bill

    Lawmakers should pass the $1.1 billion bipartisan bill for the mosquito-borne virus, Clinton said.

    2114 days ago
  • Rio 2016

    Cool temperatures, few mosquitoes make Games Zika-free, so far

    The ongoing Zika outbreak was first detected last year in Brazil.

    2115 days ago
  • The World Health Organisation campaign on finding solutions over the Zika outbreak. Picture: WHO.

    Timeline: Zika's origin and global spread

    Where did Zika come from? This timeline charts the origin & spread of virus from its discovery.

    2119 days ago
  • This file photo taken in January 2016 shows an Aedes Aegypti mosquito sitting on human skin in a lab of the International Training and Medical Research Training Center in Cali, Colombia. Picture: AFP.

    [WATCH] US launches intense fight on Zika virus

    Authorities in Florida wage an intense air war on mosquitoes spreading the Zika virus as federal agencies begin testing on a vaccine.

    2119 days ago
  • A file photo shows an Aedes Aegypti mosquito sitting on human skin. Picture: AFP

    Pentagon says 33 US military personnel infected with Zika

    Florida authorities last week reported the first signs of local transmission of the virus in Miami.

    2121 days ago
  • Picture: sxc.hu.

    China's 'mosquito factory' aims to wipe out Zika, other diseases

    Mosquito-borne diseases are responsible for more than one million deaths worldwide every year.

    2122 days ago
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