The Zika virus has got a lot of people worried. Pregnant women need to be especially careful as their healths and habits affect the child. Researchers from the University of Texas’s medical branch at Galveston in the US found that the Zika vaccine can protect unborn child against infection and birth defects. Zika virus causes a mild, flu-like illness in most people, but to pregnant women the dangers are potentially much worse. According to new research, immunising female mice with a Zika vaccine can protect their developing fetus from infection and birth defects during pregnancy.

Source: Hindustan Times July 14, 2017 05:03 UTC