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More Zika virus reported in U.S. as researchers take fight to the mosquito

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Four people returning from travel abroad have tested positive in New York state for the Zika virus, the mosquito-borne virus linked to birth defects in Latin America, while researchers plan to deploy a modified male mosquito that could render the females infertile. Mana Rabiee reports.

Added on the 27/01/2016 22:44:53 - Copyright : Reuters EN

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