-Most symptoms of Zika virus disease are different from those of seasonal flu -There is no specific repellent that works better against the Aedes mosquito -No evidence that vaccines cause microcephaly in babies -No evidence that pyriproxyfen insecticide causes microcephaly ... Read more
Advice for women who are pregnant or planning a baby, who are pregnant and diagnosed with Zika, and for women whose baby is possibly affected. (PDF attached) https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/529993/Health_advice_for_women_returning_from_areas_with_active_Zika_virus_transmission_v3.pdf Read more
Flowchart for assessing pregnant women with a history of travel during pregnancy to areas with active Zika virus transmission. (PDF link) https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/529998/Zika_testing_algorithm_for_assessing_pregnant_women_with_a_history_of_travel_v6.pdf Read more
A routine investigation by the New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) identified a nonpregnant woman in her twenties who reported she had engaged in a single event of condomless vaginal intercourse with a male partner ... Read more
U.S. health officials are investigating the mysterious case of a person in Utah who contracted Zika while caring for an elderly man infected with the virus who died last month. Federal and state health officials said on Monday it is ... Read more
Spain has recorded the first case in Europe of a baby born with the microcephaly birth defect associated with the Zika virus, Spanish health authorities said on Monday. Though dozens of people in Europe are known to have contracted Zika, ... Read more