A report making the rounds online claims that a larvicide called pyriproxyfen -- not the Zika virus-- is behind the recent surge in the cases of microcephaly in Brazil. The claim has fueled conspiracy ...
What Is K9 Advantix II (Imidacloprid/Permethrin/Pyriproxyfen Topical)? K9 Advantix II (other brand names: Activate II, Provecta Advanced) is a combination medicine ...
A viral story is making the rounds online that the upsurge in cases of the birth defect microcephaly, a disorder where babies are born with abnormally small heads, is not linked to the Zika virus, but ...
Pieter Vancamp has received funding from the Foundation for Medical Research and the European Thyroid Association. Barbara Demeneix does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ...
A report last week has raised questions about a pesticide used to kill mosquito larvae, linking its use to the increase in cases of microcephaly in Brazil. But researchers say that's an unlikely ...
Ian Musgrave receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council to study contaminants in herbal medicines. He has received ARC funding for studying Alzheimer's disease in the ...
With direct causality between Zika virus and microcephaly, a congenital brain development anomaly, yet to be established, Latin American doctors have come up with an alternative explanation: that a ...