When the Zika virus was first isolated from a Ugandan forest monkey in 1947 and found in mildly ill humans a few years later, it was hardly worth a mention in the annals of human disease. What a ...

The Zika virus can be transmitted through sex, which is a bit chilling if you think about it: Not only can the virus pass through sexual partners but those encounters could, in theory, result in ...

It’s easy to think dangerous mosquito-borne diseases–the kind that can cause birth defects, severe illness or even death–are something only poor, tropical countries need to fear. Yet malaria, brought ...

If you’ve heard about Zika virus and are wondering what in the world it is, you are likely not alone. A virus few knew about before late last year, Zika has exploded onto the world stage. The reason: ...

The development of a type of Zika vaccine that authorities had hoped to usher to the market has proven more challenging than some scientists and pharmaceutical companies had expected, people involved ...

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“It is now clear that the virus causes microcephaly,” CDC director says. — -- The Zika virus has been confirmed to cause a rare birth defect called microcephaly and other severe problems of the ...

Last week, biologists reported the most detailed structure of the Zika virus to date, a finding that could help the effort to develop vaccines or anti-viral medicines. And Monday, a nationwide group ...

As the Zika virus continues to spread through the Americas—and with hundreds of imported cases here in the United States—here’s what every American needs to know about the virus and their risk. There ...

Zika may have fallen from headlines, especially with everything going on in politics these days, but the threat remains. And recommendations for pregnant women haven't changed: Pregnant women — and ...

Zika virus is a flavivirus, part of the same family as yellow fever, West Nile, chikungunya and dengue fever. Zika is primarily transmitted through the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito. It ...

Zika is a virus that primarily spreads through infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and can cause serious birth defects in babies whose mothers were infected during pregnancy, the Centers for Disease ...