The virus who does not love women.
17 may 2016
The knowledge generated thanks to the investigation must inform the affected women so that they can decide if delay pregnancy or the termination of it.
The first case of microcephaly in the fetus of a pregnant woman infected by Zika virus has generated -thanks to research- important knowledge that will be an essential tool to inform about the possibilities of delaying pregnancy or the termination of it.
The first case of microcephaly due to the Zika virus in a foetus in Spain has been detected
11 may 2016
The Public Health Minister of the Catalan Government, Joan Guix, confirmed on Thursday the first case of microcephaly in Spain in a foetus whose mother was infected with the Zika virus. According to what Guix said to 8TV, the woman travelled to parts of South America some months ago and was infected with the Zika virus and dengue. According to the department of Public Health, the foetus has “several malformations.” This case of microcephaly is the first one registered in Spain and the second in Europe.
Conference on the Zika virus: an international emergency
18 february 2016
Zika and abortion, debate in Brazil
16 february 2016
More children are born with microcephaly in Brazil supposedly because of Zika virus. This is generating a debate on abortion laws of the country, which provide that it is illegal in the majority of the circumstances.
The WHO expert, the professor Mas-Coma, answers about the current epidemic of the Zika virus
12 february 2016
We interview the President-elect of the International Federation of Tropical Medicine on the relationships between the Zika virus epidemic, the neglected or forgotten diseases, the climate change and the global change.
Valencia’s Hospital General meets up to inform about the Zika
11 february 2016
The Hospital General Universitario de Valencia celebrated Wednesday 10 February a briefing addressed to all professionals in the department and to all those interested in knowing the situation and characteristics of the Zika virus.
El Niño and the Zika virus
4 february 2016
El Niño is an environmental phenomenon that occurs cyclically and will soon begin. Its effects, such as flooding, can be devastating global. Can El Niño have some effect on the Zika?.
The 14 most frequent question on the Zika
3 february 2016
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that Zika infection is already an international public health emergency. In its site, it lays out and answers 14 questions on the virus. With this post, we aim at giving you all the information you need.
Transgenic mosquitoes against the Zika
1 february 2016
The new control method established in an area of Latin America is fighting Zika focused on the elimination of the mosquito that transmits it through the release of transgenic mosquitoes.
The WHO claims that the Zika will extend throughout America except for Chile and Canada, why?
28 january 2016
The World Health Organization (WHO ) says the virus Zika will expand throughout America because of the existence in these areas of the mosquito that transmits the disease. But Canada and Chile will be saved from the epidemic.
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