April 3, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 3, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Zika

Zika

Zika Virus – “it really felt like having bad sunburn, all over your body” — by BMJ talk medicine

In this BMJ talk medicine podcast find out how Zika, once a little known virus causing a rash and fever, has

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Zika virus: The benefits of open research

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers working with Brazilian collaborators have started publicly sharing on a daily basis results and data of

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The curious case of larvicides causing microcephaly

In the beginning, a rather ludicrous rumour made the rounds — genetically modified mosquitoes released in Brazil, by a British biotech

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Zika: When research goes off the rails

The World Health Organisation (WHO) may have designated the Zika virus and its suspected complications in newborns as a public

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Novel approaches to fight Aedes aegypti mosquito

An estimated 390 million dengue infections occurring each year across 150-odd countries is proof that the current mosquito control measures

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Editorial: Gearing up for the Zika threat

The World Health Organization has declared that the outbreak of Zika and congenital malformations and neurological disorders in newborns believed

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Zika: ‘I think WHO should declare an emergency’

The World Health Organization faced flak for its delay by two months in 2014 in declaring the Ebola epidemic as

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