Research on a group of Irish women given a contaminated batch of the "Anti-D" product in the 70s, could pave the way for a Zika Virus vaccine.

Several people from Northern Ireland have contracted the Zika virus, according to reports.

Authorities in Florida have found the Zika virus in three groups of trapped mosquitoes in Miami Beach, the first time this has happened in the continental United States.

Malaysia's first case of Zika virus has been diagnosed in a woman who had travelled to Singapore.

Forty one cases of locally transmitted Zika have been confirmed in Singapore.

Officials have identified a second area of Zika transmission on the US mainland, Florida governor Rick Scott said.

The US government has declared a public health emergency in Puerto Rico amid a Zika virus epidemic.

A Zika vaccine has come a step closer after three promising candidates were successfully tested in monkeys.

A number of people in Scotland have been diagnosed as having the Zika virus, it has been confirmed.

Pregnant women in Florida have been offered a free test to determine whether they have been infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

A leading travel health clinic has seen a rise in the number of people wanting to be screened for the Zika virus in the past month.

Hope Solo is blaming the American media for spreading fear about the zika virus and other problems ahead of the Rio Games.

US officials have issued a new advisory that says pregnant women should not travel to the so-called Zika "transmission area" in Florida.

Pregnant women are being advised to postpone non-essential trips to Florida because of the Zika virus.

A person infected with Zika in Utah has died in what marks the first death related to the virus in the continental US.

More than five months after US president Barack Obama requested $1.9bn (€1.7bn) to fight the Zika epidemic, members of Congress are going home to July 4 barbecues without approving a spending bill.

Jamaican sprinter Kemar Bailey-Cole has revealed he has contracted the Zika virus.

A Honduran woman infected with zika gave birth in New Jersey to a baby girl with birth defects caused by the virus, her doctor said yesterday.

McIlroy says his concerns about competing in the Olympics this year have eased.

The Zika virus has been added to a list of diseases that must be reported to the health authorities here.

The Zika virus that is believed to have infected more than 7,500 people in an island nation off the western coast of Africa is the same strain spreading through the Americas, the World Health Organisation has said.

The Zika virus is expected to spread to parts of Europe in late spring and summer, health leaders have said.

The mayor of Rio has dismissed calls for the Olympics to be cancelled or postponed because of the spread of the Zika virus.

Health authorities in Spain say they have identified the first case of the birth defect microcephaly in the foetus of a pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus.

Top US health officials say the more they learn about Zika, the scarier the virus appears.

US health officials have granted the use of an experimental blood test to screen for Zika virus, an emergency step that will help protect local blood supplies from the mosquito-borne infection.

Brazil must close ranks if it is to win the war against the pest that carries Zika, writes Liz Braga

Zika virus may cause a rare but terrifying neurological disorder that can paralyse and kill, scientists believe.

There are reports that the first sexually transmitted case of the Zika virus has been recorded in France.

Women in countries hit by the Zika virus should breastfeed their babies and there is no proof the virus can spread to their infants that way, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

Two US hospitals have said they have developed a rapid test for the Zika virus, which can produce results within hours.

Brazil is planning to fight the zika virus by zapping millions of male mosquitoes with gamma rays to sterilise them and stop the spread of the virus linked to thousands of birth defects.

A Columbian man has become South Africa's first recorded case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

Government ministers, state governors, health agents and members of the armed forces are visiting schools throughout Brazil to involve students in the nationwide campaign to eradicate the mosquito that spreads the Zika virus.

The Vatican has said pregnant women exposed to the Zika virus and who may be carrying foetuses with serious brain defects should not be allowed have abortions.

More than 200,000 army, navy and air force troops are fanning out across Brazil to show people how to eliminate the mosquito that spreads the Zika virus.

The World Health Organisation has set out a rough timescale for developing a vaccine to combat the Zika virus infecting thousands in south America.

Katie Taylor says she is not concerned about Zika virus, as Olympic Council assures athletes of safety plans

A pregnant woman in Australia has tested positive for the Zika virus after travelling overseas.