SCIENTISTS ARE BEWILDERED BY ZIKA'S PATH ACROSS LATIN AMERICA

This may also help explain the relatively low number of babies born with Zika-related birth defects outside northeast Brazil... READ MORE›

ALARM SPREADS IN BRAZIL OVER A VIRUS AND A SURGE IN MALFORMED INFANTS

Brazil waged war on the Aedes aegypti mosquito for decades during the 20th century before a vaccine was developed for yellow fever... READ MORE›

ZIKA VIRUS MAY BE LINKED TO SURGE IN RARE SYNDROME IN BRAZIL

The virus, called Zika, made its way to Brazil recently but is spreading rapidly around Latin America and the Caribbean... READ MORE›

ONCE UNDERFED, BRAZIL'S POOR HAVE A NEW PROBLEM

Once underfed, Brazil's poor have a new problem obesity... READ MORE›

THE MOST MEMORABLE STORIES OF THE YEAR AS TOLD BY POST FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS

I will always remember how they were amazed at how green Israel looked compared to the parched Gaza Strip... READ MORE›

CHILD PROSTITUTION: THE BRAZIL WORLD CUP'S DARK SIDE

The joy of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil has been diminished somewhat by an alarming child prostitution scourge... READ MORE›

TEARS AND BEWILDERMENT IN BRAZILIAN CITY FACING ZIKA CRISIS

Now Brazilian officials are investigating thousands of them, and they contend that the mosquito-borne Zika virus is the cause... READ MORE›

BRAZILIAN SCIENTISTS FIND NEW ZIKA-LINKED BRAIN DISORDER IN ADULTS

Brito presented her findings on Sunday at the American Academy of Neurology meeting in Vancouver... READ MORE›

THE PANIC IS OVER AT ZIKA'S EPICENTER. BUT FOR MANY, THE STRUGGLE HAS JUST BEGUN.

Of the more than 2,600 cases of Zika-related congenital syndrome confirmed so far in the Americas, nearly 2,400 are in Brazil... READ MORE›

AFTER LIVING BRAZILS DREAM FAMILY CONFRONTS MICROCEPHALY AND ECONOMIC CRISIS

While Mr. Amorim scours the beaches for clients, a family member from Recife occasionally visits Ms. Soares and Guilherme... READ MORE›

BRAZILIANS PANIC AS MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUS IS LINKED TO BRAIN DAMAGE IN THOUSANDS OF BABIES

RECIFE, Brazil -- Jusikelly da Silva was full of expectations for her baby... READ MORE›

IN ZIKA EPIDEMIC A WARNING ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Likewise, it is unclear how effective the Asian tiger mosquito might become at transmitting Zika or dengue viruses... READ MORE›

'THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE' SAYS MOTHER OF BABY

Many women learned their babies had microcephaly and other problems before any information was available about a link with the Zika virus... READ MORE›

NOBEL PRIZE FOR SEEING HOW LIFE WORKS AT MOLECULAR LEVEL

A close-up view of nobel prize chemistry winner eric betzig... READ MORE›

Associated Press writer Brad Brooks reported this story in Rio de Janeiro and Amy Forliti reported from Minneapolis, Minnesota... READ MORE›

ZIKA VIRUS COULD BE LINKED WITH 'WHOLE SPECTRUM' OF DISORDERS

The Zika virus is primarily spread by mosquitoes and is currently present in more than 50 countries and territories worldwide, including many in Latin America... READ MORE›

BRAZIL'S ANTI-IMPEACHMENT PROTESTERS BLOCK HIGHWAYS AT RUSH HOUR

Demonstrators protesting the impeachment process threatening Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff occupied dozens of highways in major cities during rush hour Thursday morning, causing long backups... READ MORE›

DID BRAZIL, GLOBAL HEALTH AGENCIES FUMBLE ZIKA RESPONSE?

Melo phoned the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, a public health institute in Rio de Janeiro, and got a lab there to test the patient's amniotic fluid... READ MORE›

MANY BRAZILIANS ARE OUTRAGED OVER A BRUTAL GANG RAPE. OTHERS BLAME THE VICTIM.

The gang rape of a 16-year-old girl sparked protests among Brazilians... READ MORE›

RUMOURS AND THEORIES FUEL 'INFORMATION WAR'

But researchers are looking for a third factor involved in causing microcephaly in addition to the Zika virus... READ MORE›

ZIKA VIRUS IS 'SPREADING EXPLOSIVELY' AND POSES 'ALARMING THREAT' WARNS WHO CHIEF

Dr Chan said that a causal relationship between Zika virus infection and birth malformations had not been established with certainty, but was strongly suspected ... READ MORE›

BRAZIL MAY HAVE FEWER ZIKA-RELATED MICROCEPHALY CASES THAN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED

On Wednesday, Brazil's Ministry of Health said 4,180 cases of Zika-related microcephaly had been reported since October... READ MORE›

GANGS CLASH INSIDE BRAZIL PRISON WHERE 26 MASSACRED THIS WEEK

Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters into the yard of the Alcacuz prison in northeastern Brazil as helicopters buzzed overhead... READ MORE›

PARTY GOES ON DESPITE ZIKA VIRUS THREAT

Millions of people celebrate the first day of the annual carnival festivities across Brazil despite concerns about the recent Zika virus outbreak... READ MORE›

THE STORY OF THE BRAZIL'S ZIKA 'BUCKET BABY'

Pictures of Solange and Wesley went around the world after she met a Brazilian AP photographer... READ MORE›

BRAZILIAN ZIKA DOCTORS FIND SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE IN BABIES

Brazilian Zika doctors find severe brain damage in babies study... READ MORE›

A 2013 SOCCER MATCH COULD HAVE BROUGHT ZIKA VIRUS TO BRAZIL, RESEARCHERS SAY

Researchers found that Brazil's Zika virus is closely related to the Asian strain of Zika that was behind an outbreak in French Polynesia in 2013... READ MORE›

THE GLOBAL JOURNEY OF THE ZIKA VIRUS

If all goes well in Bethesda, a vaccine could be ready for distribution in 2018... READ MORE›

ZIKA VIRUS MAY BE LINKED TO SURGE IN RARE SYNDROME IN BRAZIL

The Zika virus arrived in Brazil recently but is spreading rapidly around Latin America and the Caribbean... READ MORE›

ON BRAZIL'S ZIKA FRONT LINES, CASES OF MICROCEPHALY ARE ACTUALLY DROPPING

Negreiros cautioned that the recent decrease in suspected cases of microcephaly doesn't mean Recife, or Brazil, is home free... READ MORE›