Planning a sunny getaway? You might want to pack a mosquito net. Health experts are warning about an emerging threat making waves in popular vacation destinations, as cases of the Oropouche virus have ...

“The Zika virus outbreak in Brazil has been thought to have been mainly transmitted between humans by mosquitoes,” Vincent Racaniello of Columbia ... Kerry served as The Scientist’s news director ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Brazil's top health official said on Monday that the Zika virus outbreak is proving to be ...

The Zika virus that has been linked to thousands of cases of microcephaly in Brazil has been confirmed in Africa for the first time, the World Health Organization said in an emailed statement to ...

"Zika virus disease usually causes mild illness ... during the 2013-2014 outbreak and more recently in northeastern Brazil," the WHO said in a statement. "An extensive review of the literature ...

Zika virus, first identified in 1947 in Uganda, had been thought to produce a rare and mild disease until it suddenly emerged in Brazil in 2015 and spread explosively through South America, Central ...

Brazilian health authorities have expressed concern following the reappearance of the dengue virus serotype 3 ... 82% of all probable Zika cases identified in the country were concentrated ...

Genetically modified mosquitoes have been released in the United States, taking flight in Florida. They are intended to ...

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 ...

“Since late 2023, new outbreaks have been reported in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru and Cuba ... pathogens,” including Ebola, mpox and Zika virus, Vaughan said. “Without properly supported ...

The Zika virus builds tiny tunnels, called tunneling nanotubes, to stealthily transport material needed to infect nearby cells, including in placental cells, according to a team of researchers from ...