It has been ten years since Brazil faced a major outbreak of the Zika virus. The alert was given in 2015, when the country's ...

Here’s a look at Zika virus, an illness spread through mosquito bites that can cause birth defects and other neurological defects. Zika virus is a flavivirus, part of the same family as yellow fever, ...

Zika virus infections have become a local epidemic in the Americas at various time points in the recent past. A recent study attempted to explore whether this was due to increased transmissibility ...

Seven years ago, when the notion of a globe-sweeping coronavirus pandemic was but a remote unease in public health officials’ minds, the Zika virus was inciting panic across South, Central and Latin ...

The case would be the first to show the virus can remain in the body for months. — -- The Zika virus has been found in one man's semen 93 days after he first reported symptoms, topping the ...

Driven by climate change, population mobility and global trade, mosquito-borne diseases are extending beyond tropical and ...

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Bite by an Aedes mosquito. This species can transmit diseases such as chikungunya, dengue, and Zika. Credit: NIAID (Photo by: IMAGE POINT FR/NIH/NIAID/BSIP ...

"Evolving landscape of threats." Experts issue warning after observing concerning trend near US border: 'I really see this as a national security matter' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Several years before the COVID-19 pandemic, another outbreak that never reached pandemic status resulted in comparable public health fears around the globe. Specifically, the Zika virus, an RNA virus ...

Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have found that Zika virus can mutate to become more infective - and potentially break through pre-existing immunity. "The world should monitor ...

A new study finds that people who have antibodies to the mosquito-borne Zika virus are more vulnerable to developing dengue disease. This immune interaction, called antibody-dependent enhancement, ...