As the Zika virus spreads from South America to the United States, epidemiologist and public health expert Christine Hockett says disease surveillance technology is key to protecting against it.

Scientists have found that a single mutation in the Zika virus could potentially trigger a new outbreak with far-reaching consequences. The researchers, from the La Jolla Institute for Immunology in ...

—Locally acquired infections have occurred in South Florida, as well as Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Where does vaccine research stand? Reviewed by Ware Kuschner, MD, Chief, Pulmonary ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Diagnosing Zika infections can be difficult because many infections are asymptomatic. Those who develop symptoms ...

The fetal disease caused by Zika virus could soon have a new name: Zika virus congenital syndrome. The name was proposed by the team who confirmed that the virus causes damage beyond microcephaly – ...

However, as climate change allows Aedes aegypti to move northward, survive at higher elevations and stay active for longer ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . On Feb. 1, 2016, almost 70 years after Zika was first discovered by chance in a forest in Uganda, WHO declared a ...

A new mosquito species in Colorado is capable of carrying dengue, yellow fever and Zika, while kissing bugs can now carry parasites that cause Chagas disease.

The Aedes aegypti mosquito that can carry dengue, yellow fever, and Zika was thought to be too reliant on a hot and wet ...

In 2009, President Barack Obama together with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched the U.S. Science Envoy Program following a landmark “new beginnings” speech in Cairo. I sat down with the ...

While identical twins often share a fate, fraternal twins typically don’t, a divergence that offers clues to researchers. But one case is confounding these expectations. By Pam Belluck and Tania ...

Zika virus is a cause for concern. The first death from Zika virus in the contiguous United States has now been reported, and we have already seen the impacts of the illness on people in Central and ...