(HealthDay)—Many children of mothers with evidence of confirmed or possible Zika virus infection during pregnancy do not undergo all recommended
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Health Woes Hit 1 in 7 Babies Exposed to Zika in U.S. Territories
TUESDAY, Aug. 7, 2018 — About 14 percent of babies born in U.S. territories to women infected with Zika have
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Zika Dangers During Pregnancy May Be Worse Than Thought
MONDAY, July 2, 2018 — The risk of miscarriage and birth defects due to Zika virus infection during pregnancy may
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Study shows blood test can differentiate between Zika and dengue
A new study from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine shows that, depending on the interpretation
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California Aedes mosquitoes capable of spreading Zika
Over the last five years, Zika virus has emerged as a significant global human health threat following outbreaks in South
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Scientists uncover a factor important for Zika virus host species restriction
Princeton University researchers Qiang Ding, Alexander Ploss, and colleagues have identified one of the mechanisms by which Zika virus (ZIKV)
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Development of vaccines from AIDS to Zika, using a novel ‘plug and play’ viral platform
Researchers from GeoVax have developed a flexible “Plug and Play” technology platform that delivers single-dose vaccines that fully protect against
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Reconstructing Zika’s spread
The urgent threat from Zika virus, which dominated news headlines in the spring and summer of 2016, has passed for
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Dengue ‘hot spots’ provide map to chikungunya and Zika outbreaks: Scientists develop a statistical framework in the form of a map to guide proactive interventions for these viral diseases
Identifying dengue fever “hot spots” can provide a predictive map for outbreaks of chikungunya and Zika — two other viral
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CRISPR-based diagnostic SHERLOCK optimized for rapid use during viral outbreaks: New technique enables SHERLOCK to detect a virus directly in bodily fluids, eliminating a step that required lab equipment and expanding the platform’s potential to quickly and cheaply track pathogens such as Zika during an outbreak
In a paper published today in Science, researchers at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard report a new tool that
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