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›

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›

1ST CONFIRMED CASE OF ZIKA VIRUS IN ONTARIO, PROVINCE SAYS

Ontario has confirmed its first case of the Zika virus, provincial health officials say... 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›

'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›

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

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

BRAIN-DAMAGED HAWAII BABY FIRST IN U.S. TIED TO ZIKA VIRUS

There have been no confirmed cases of Zika virus transmission within Hawaii, Park said... READ MORE›

FIRST ZIKA VIRUS CASE CONFIRMED IN JAMAICA

According to the World Health Organization WHO, the Zika virus outbreak is likely to spread throughout nearly all the Americas... READ MORE›

GARDAI BELIEVE LYNN MAY BE SENT BACK TO IRELAND IN FEBRUARY

In December 2014, Brazil's supreme court approved the Irish Government's request for his extradition, but no official date has yet been set... READ MORE›

BRAZIL'S CARNIVAL ROARS AHEAD DESPITE ZIKA HEALTH SCARE

After emerging in Brazil last year, the virus has now been locally transmitted in at least 30 countries, according to the World Health Organisation... READ MORE›

FORMER BRAZILIAN LEADER LULA IS IMPLICATED IN HUGE CORRUPTION PROBE

With Brazil's economy in deep recession, Rousseff highly unpopular, and the Petrobras corruption scandal heating up, Lula's political mastery has never been under greater challenge... READ MORE›

ZIKA FIGHT SEEN SNARLED BY SEXUAL SPREAD, HEAT-FUELED MOSQUITO HUNGER; BRAZIL BIRTH DEFECTS SURGE

The World Health Organization voiced concern on Wednesday over the reported sexual transmission of the Zika virus in Texas amid worries that such infection... READ MORE›

DOCTORS UPSURGE IN PARALYSIS CONDITION ACCOMPANIES ZIKA

Dr. Osvaldo Nascimento, a leading Rio neurologist, estimates Brazilian cases of Guillain-Barre are up fivefold... READ MORE›

BRAZIL ERADICATED ZIKA MOSQUITOES IN 1958 BUT THEY'RE BACK TO STAY; PERU PASSES OUT CONDOMS

In the decades before 1958, the driving force for the campaigns was yellow fever, also transmitted by the Aedes aegypti... READ MORE›

AS BRAZIL VIRUS PROBE WIDENS, CDC REPORTS 14 SEX-LINKED U.S. ZIKA CASES; TEXAS HOSPITALS HAVE FAST TEST

Earlier, Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Castro said he is absolutely sure mosquito-borne Zika is responsible for the spike in cases of microcephaly... READ MORE›

BRAZILIAN VICE-PRESIDENT MICHEL TEMER MOVES TO SECURE SUPPORT

In Sao Paulo, a dozen major highways were blocked by red-shirted protesters from the Homeless Workers' Movement... READ MORE›