Around 14 percent of babies whose mothers contracted Zika while pregnant ended up with a birth defect, developmental abnormality, or both, according a report released by the US government today ...

The Oropouche virus has been linked to Zika-like outcomes in pregnant people, with cases more than doubling in 2024 ...

The long and short of it is that even infants need bug spray when their skin is exposed to areas with insects. "From a health ...

Researchers discovered that Zika virus constructs nanotubes to transport infection across the placental barrier undetected.

MICHAEL SMITH: When a pregnant woman gets zika virus, doctors believe it can cause a serious, often fatal birth defect called microcephaly. That means the baby's head and brain are much smaller ...

ICMR-NIV Pune to study impact of Zika virus on pregnancy and birth outcomes in Zika-positive mothers post the virus outbreak reported in Pune district last year ...

The Zika virus builds tiny tunnels, called tunneling nanotubes, to stealthily transport material needed to infect nearby ...

where the disease has been linked to an explosion of microcephaly among an estimated 4,000 babies. RELATED: Will the EPA Cause a Zika Pandemic? But on Tuesday, Dallas County, Texas, reported the ...

This research comes as many mosquito-borne viruses are spreading rapidly. Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in ...

Zika virus disease is mainly spread by mosquitoes. For most people it is a very mild infection and isn’t harmful but it may be more serious for pregnant women HOLIDAY makers heading across the ...

Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting a host's dendritic cells. But a study in Nature Communications, led by ...