Research scientist Dan Galperin holds vials marked “Zika” during his work on Purified Recombinant Zika Enveloped Protein at the research laboratory where they are working on developing a vaccine for the Zika virus based on production of recombinant ...

Copyright 2017 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. TUESDAY, Dec. 13, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- New research paints a chilling portrait of how Zika ravages the infant ...

Throughout 2016, many health issues have come to the attention of the public space. From discovering potential treatments addressed at curing deadly diseases to concerns on people's unhealthy lifestyles, this year has shed new light on various public ...

The year winds down with yet more Zika reported in Texas. While travel-related, the latest case marks the first case of the virus in Hays County. In a statement Thursday, Hays County spokesperson Laureen Chernow announced that a person who traveled to ...

CHICAGO – A year ago, the mosquito-borne Zika virus was only beginning to reveal itself as a threat to pregnant women and their unborn babies. Since then, U.S. officials have issued 60 travel alerts along with guidance for athletes and tourists ...

As the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) nears the 1-year mark from activation of its emergency operations center (EOC) to respond to the Zika outbreak and its complications, Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, today warned that the fight ...

From the elimination of measles in the U.S. to the advance of potential new treatments for Alzheimer's disease, 2016 was a jam-packed year for health news. Here are eight of the most noteworthy health news stories from this year: ...

Seventy years after CDC was founded to fight mosquitoes that carried malaria, CDC found itself entrenched in combat with another mosquito-borne illness, Zika virus. CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center to fight Zika on January 22, 2016, after ...

When news reports began to emerge of mysterious, severe birth defects in Brazilian newborns, few of us could have imagined these isolated tragedies would explode into the leading health news story of Y 2016: The Zika Virus. Quickly, the few Brazilian ...

Over the past year, the devastating Zika epidemic has dominated headlines in waves of severity and we've learned an incredible amount of information about the mosquito-transmitted virus. By now, it's pretty well-known that Zika is most threatening to ...

In this Jan. 18, 2016 photo, a researcher holds a container with female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes at the Biomedical Sciences Institute in the Sao Paulo's University, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Aedes aegypti is a vector for transmitting the Zika virus ...

BROWNSVILLE – Six people have contracted the Zika virus in Brownsville, yet health officials said not one mosquito trapped this entire year, throughout the city, has tested positive for the virus. Cameron County Health Authority Dr. James Castillo said ...

The Hays County Local Health Department has received confirmation from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of a local, travel-associated case of Zika virus infection in Hays County.

MIAMI, FL - OCTOBER 14: Nelson Tejeda, a Miami-Dade County mosquito control inspector, uses a sprayer filled with a pesticide in an attempt to kill mosquitos that are carrying the Zika virus on October 14, 2016 in Miami, Florida. Florida Governor Rick ...

Overall, the global risk assessment has not changed. Zika virus continues to spread geographically to areas where competent vectors are present. Although a decline in cases of Zika infection has been reported in some countries, or in some parts of ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is continuing the fight against the Zika virus with $184 million in grants, including about $300,000 for Indiana. Zika can cause serious birth defects, including microcephaly. The money is part of the Zika ...

The first travel-related case of Zika Virus has been confirmed in Hays County, officials said Thursday. According to the Hays County Local Health Department, the person contracted Zika while traveling to Puerto Rico last August. The Texas Department of ...

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) no longer recommends consecutive ultrasounds to check fetal abnormalities with negative IgM test in women infected with asymptomatic Zika virus, the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM) said.

An Aedes aegypti mosquito that can carry dengue, zika and chikungunya fever is shown on human skin. Authorities in Hays County say a person who recently traveled to Puerto Rico has tested positive for the Zika virus, becoming the county's first ...

It can be said that till now there has been no reports of eliminating the Zika virus as a whole and that is the reason why America is fighting back in the best possible manner so that the virus can be at least prevented a bit. The centres of the ...