Dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, are transmitted by their common vector, Aedes, which is found mostly in tropical regions. The virus is…
Senate Democrats have blocked the $1.1 billion plan to fight the Zika virus for a third time after Republicans sought…
A new case of Zika contracted in Florida is being investigated by the Department of Health. The patient lives in…
Three types of vaccine have been shown to be completely protective against the Zika virus. Scientists found all three offered…
The first Zika cases contracted within the US has been reported after four people were diagnosed with the virus in…
Once considered not so serious, Zika Virus is fast becoming a nightmare. People with Zika infections have symptoms that can…
The first case of the Zika virus infection has been confirmed in South Korea. The patient is a man who…
Brazil has deployed more than 220,000 soldiers across the country to warn people about the risks of the Zika virus.…
Brazil expects to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus in about a year, health officials say. However, two more…
President Barack Obama will ask the US Congress for $1.8 billion in emergency funding to combat the Zika virus. The…
A pregnant woman has been diagnosed with the Zika virus in Spain, the health ministry confirmed. This is the first…
The World Health Organization is holding an emergency meeting in Geneva to discuss the "explosive" spread of the Zika virus.…
The Zika pregnancy cases have doubled in Colombia in just one week, officials said. According to Colombia's National Health Institute,…
The Zika virus is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also carries dengue fever and yellow fever. It was…
Between three and four million people could be infected with Zika virus in the Americas in 2016, the World Health…
American specialists have urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to take urgent action over the Zika virus, which they say…
Brazil will deploy 220,000 troops in its fight against mosquitoes spreading the Zika virus. The troops will go from home…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas.…
Authorities in Rio de Janeiro have announced plans to prevent the spread of the Zika virus during the Olympic Games…
Officials in Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador and Jamaica have warned women to avoid pregnancy amid concerns over an illness causing…
According to new figures, more Brazilian babies were born with abnormally small heads to mothers infected with the Zika virus.…
Brazil’s health ministry has confirmed a link between a mosquito-borne virus from Africa, Zika Fever, and a high incidence of…