No, pesticides are not causing microcephaly in Brazil.
Feb 17, 2016 07:28 am UTC| Health
The explosive expansion of the range of Zika virus in the Americas has only been exceeded by the rise of conspiracy theories blaming everything from vaccines to genetically modified mosquitoes. While not a conspiracy...
How satellites can help control the spread of diseases such as Zika
Feb 15, 2016 10:57 am UTC| Technology Health
The explosive spread of Zika throughout the Americas is raising questions about the best ways to control this and future epidemics. We first need to identify what factors contribute to the spread of Zika and understand...
What are the real risks of Zika?
Feb 11, 2016 08:46 am UTC| Health
Zika has raised alarm bells worldwide, prompting the World Health Organisations (WHO) declaration of a public health emergency, El Salvadors dramatic recommendation that women delay pregnancy for two years, and the US...
Proving that the Zika virus causes microcephaly
Feb 07, 2016 15:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
When the Zika virus was first discovered in Uganda in the 1940s, it was thought to be harmless. It caused a rash and, in some cases, a slightly elevated temperature. But in the past few months in Brazil, it has been linked...
Like AIDS before it, Zika virus exposes weakness in Catholic moral teaching
Feb 07, 2016 15:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
The relationship between the Zika virus and a sharp increase in the number of children born with microcephaly in Brazil seems probable but as yet unproven. However, it has resulted in various health warnings to women in...
Zika: what Brazil is doing to tackle the virus
Feb 04, 2016 15:10 pm UTC| Health
The explosive spread of the Zika virus has prompted health officials to predict up to 4m cases this year and 26 countries and territories have already been affected in the Americas. Brazil has been particularly hit by Zika...
Zika via sex and blood: how worried should we be?
Feb 04, 2016 05:56 am UTC| Health
For a fairly non-descript virus, Zika continues to surprise us. Zika has hit the headlines yet again with the news that theres been transmission in Brazil of two cases by blood transfusion. This is on top of the recent...
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