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AS ZIKA VIRUS SPREADS, EL SALVADOR ASKS WOMEN NOT TO GET PREGNANT UNTIL 2018
Authorities have confirmed a dozen cases of Zika virus in the United States... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION 'THROUGH SEX' REPORTED IN US
A rare case of the Zika virus being transmitted through sex, not a mosquito bite, has been reported in the US... READ MORE›
FIRST LOCALLY TRANSMITTED CASES IN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Four individuals in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have been infected with the Zika virus by local mosquitoes, Florida health officials said Friday... READ MORE›
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DECLARES ZIKA VIRUS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Zika alone would never be a public health emergency of international concern, he said... READ MORE›
WHO DECLARES END OF ZIKA EMERGENCY BUT SAYS VIRUS REMAINS A THREAT
Officials on WHO's Emergency Committee made clear the Zika still constitutes a global public health threat... READ MORE›
RISK HIGHER THAN FIRST THOUGHT, SAY DOCTORS
Zika virus Risk higher than first thought, say doctors... READ MORE›
NERVOUS SYSTEM BIRTH DEFECTS 20 TIMES LIKELIER FOR ZIKA-HIT MOTHERS, STUDY FINDS
By contrast, central nervous system abnormalities appeared in 60 infants and fetuses per 1,000 pregnancies when mothers were infected with Zika... READ MORE›
FLORIDA CASES SEEN AS FIRST SIGN ZIKA TRANSMITTED LOCALLY IN U.S.
Florida Surgeon General Celeste Philip said that health officials are not advising pregnant women to move out of the suspected transmission area... READ MORE›
FLORIDA MAY HAVE A SECOND NON-TRAVEL-RELATED CASE OF ZIKA
Culex mosquitoes can spread West Nile virus, but so far are not known to spread Zika... READ MORE›
BRAZIL FINDS ZIKA VIRUS IN HUMAN URINE AND SALIVA BUT RISK IS UNCLEAR
The Brazilian researchers at Fiocruz said that their studies had detected the virus in an active form in human saliva and urine samples... READ MORE›
OBAMA SEEKS FUNDS TO FIGHT ZIKA SEES NO CAUSE FOR PANIC
The World Health Organization declared the outbreak an international health emergency on Feb. 1, citing a strongly suspected relationship between Zika infection in pregnancy to microcephaly... READ MORE›
BRAZILIAN RESEARCHERS FIND EVIDENCE ZIKA IS GETTING WORSE
Brazilian researchers studying Zika virus say they've found evidence it may have evolved into a new form that's more likely to cause birth defects... READ MORE›
WHAT'S REALLY SCARY ABOUT THE ZIKA VIRUS ARE THE THINGS WE DON'T KNOW
Compared to that other big, scary virus of recent years, Zika may seem relatively tame... READ MORE›
ZIKA LOOMS IN ASIA, TEMPERED BY A FULLER VIEW OF ITS DANGERS
But although the Zika strain circulating in Latin America is originally from Asia, health experts know little about its history on that side of the Pacific... READ MORE›
MOSQUITO-BORNE ZIKA VIRUS THREATENING NEWBORNS AND ADULTS IN BRAZIL
Mosquito-borne Zika virus threatening newborns, adults in Brazil... READ MORE›
BRAZIL SAYS A THIRD ADULT HAS DIED OF ZIKA
The government estimates that Brazil may have as many as 1.5 million Zika infections... READ MORE›
WHAT AMERICANS KNOW ABOUT ZIKA VIRUS
According to the Harvard poll Zika virus is mainly spread by mosquitoes, primarily the Aedes aegypti mosquito... READ MORE›
HOW CAN THE WORLD FIGHT ZIKA - SILENT MENACE THAT THREATENS THE UNBORN?
Finally, there is the nature of Aedes aegypti, the mosquito species that spreads Zika and other diseases such as dengue and yellow fevers ... READ MORE›
AFTER YOU TRAVEL, YOU WON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT
But they didn't qualify to get tested for Zika after going to a destination wedding... READ MORE›
WHAT IS ZIKA, WHERE DID THE VIRUS COME FROM AND WHAT HAPPENS IF I CATCH IT?
What is Zika, where did the virus come from and what happens if I catch it?... READ MORE›
SPREAD OF ZIKA VIRUS APPEARS TO BE SLOWING IN PARTS OF LATIN AMERICA
According to Alighieri, the initial projections were based on the spread of other viruses, like chikungunya, that are transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito... READ MORE›
ZIKA FEARS SENT LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN SEEKING ABORTION ALTERNATIVES :STUDY
His clinic only provides abortions through the first trimester... READ MORE›
RESEARCHERS LOOK TO REPURPOSE APPROVED DRUGS TO TREAT ZIKA VIRUS
Doctors hope that drugs approved for other diseases might also work against the Zika virus... READ MORE›
TRAVELLING HERES WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ZIKA RISK
Remember that these countries that are endemic for Zika have a lot of dengue, a lot of chikungunya and some, but not all, have malaria transmission... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS WON'T BE A BIG PROBLEM AT OLYMPICS, RIO OFFICIALS SAY
Zika virus started sweeping across Brazil last March, and the country raised the alarm last November... READ MORE›
PERU DECLARES ZIKA EMERGENCY ACROSS HALF OF COUNTRY
Peruvian officials on Wednesday declared a Zika health emergency across the northern half of their country after confirming that 102 people have been infec... READ MORE›
ZIKA POSES ASIA, OCEANIA, SOUTH EUROPE THREAT; SANOFI JOINS RACE FOR VIABLE VACCINE
The Zika virus could spread to Africa, Asia and Southern Europe, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as major French drugmaker Sanofi SA and oth... READ MORE›
PATH TO ZIKA VACCINE STREWN WITH HURDLES
To be useful, a Zika vaccine would need to be effective and safe, but it's difficult to do both, he said... READ MORE›
IN BRAZIL, PREGNANT WOMEN URGED TO BE CAUTIOUS WITH A KISS
One of those is Colombia, where health officials announced Friday that three people had died of Guillain-Barre syndrome after contracting the Zika virus... READ MORE›
GLOBAL EXPERTS CONVERGE ON BRAZIL OVER ZIKA MENACE, MULL MODIFIED MOSQUITO COUNTERATTACK
Brazilian authorities have launched a national campaign against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which carries the virus... READ MORE›