Britain's Medical Research Council said Monday that funding worth 4.6 million U.S. dollars for 26 high-quality research projects has been fast-tracked to speed up the fight to tackle the global threat posed by the Zika virus.
The World Health Organization advised pregnant women on Tuesday to avoid travel to areas where the Zika virus is spreading.
The Marshall Islands has officially declared a state of health emergency, pushing the pacific island country's disease response into high gear following the confirmed diagnosis of Zika in a 25-year-old in the early stages of pregnancy.
The Japanese government on Friday pledged 1 million U.S. dollars in emergency aid to help Latin American countries tackle the Zika virus after a case was confirmed near Tokyo a day earlier.
A Japanese teenager infected Zika virus after his return from Brazil, becoming the first Zika case in the island country since the disease spread in Latin America from last year, according to the health ministry here on Thursday.
Australian authorities are undertaking a mass mosquito eradication program in the country's north after a man was tested positive for the Zika virus after returning from South America.
Travel agents across China are advising outbound tourists to be extra cautious as three of the country's five Zika patients caught the virus while on vacation.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday it's investigating 14 new reports of possible sexual transmission of the Zika virus in the country.
Even infants who appear normal at birth may be at higher risk for mental illnesses later in life if their mothers were infected during pregnancy, many researchers fear.
Australian scientists have moved a step closer to preventing the spread of Zika virus, after they exposed mosquitoes to bacterium that could limit the ability of the virus to be transmitted to humans.
The World Bank Group on Thursday announced that it has provided 150 million U.S. dollars to help countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to combat the Zika virus outbreak.The Washington-based global lender said in a statement that this funding, which is immediately available, is based on current country demands for financing and the bank "stands ready to increase its support" if additional financing is needed.
Legislative Assembly of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) passed a bill on Wednesday to add Zika virus into the official list of notifiable infectious diseases as the mosquito-borne disease has posed global threat recently.
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday issued new guidelines for blood banks intended to help prevent the contamination of the nation’s blood supply with the Zika virus.
China confirmed a second imported Zika case Monday, six days after the first was detected, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said.
Australian health authorities have again urged pregnant women not to undertake international travel after a pregnant woman in Queensland state became infected with the Zika virus, local media reported Thursday.
Countries and organizations around the world have announced heightened measures to minimize the threat of the Zika virus and curb its further spread.
China has confirmed an imported case of Zika virus, the country's first, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) announced late Tuesday.
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