A vaccine candidate shows promise against the Zika virus, a currently untreatable infection that caught international attention during a 2015-2016 epidemic, and a new study has found that screening blood for the transfusion-transmissible virus may be an inefficient use of resources.
Read moreVGXI sued Aldevron in federal court, claiming it stole its patented methods of making gene therapies for Zika and Ebola viruses and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS.
Read moreSuggesting that human carriers of the Zika virus experience pregnancy loss more commonly than previously thought, researchers reported new findings Tuesday involving monkeys.
Read moreWeeks before her due date, Cassandra Forrester received word that she was positive for the Zika virus. The Maryland woman wants damages now from a public health lab that misinformed her months earlier she was negative.
Read moreMosquitoes are a year-round downside to living in subtropical Miami, but millions of bacteria-infected mosquitoes flying in a suburban neighborhood are being hailed as an innovation that may kill off more bugs that spread Zika and other viruses.
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The Zika virus circulated through the Americas well before the first infections were detected, according to a new study published Wednesday.
Read moreNewly identified Zika antibodies produced by the immune systems of infected individuals could be the key to fighting the mosquito-borne virus, including a possible vaccine.
Read moreVolunteers in Houston and Miami are being assembled for the second phase of an experimental DNA vaccine for the Zika virus, government scientists said Friday.
Read moreThe 2015 Zika virus outbreak in Brazil has led many women to avoid pregnancy, suggesting the consequences of the epidemic extend beyond the range of birth defects associated with the virus.
Read moreMosquito Shield has agreed to stop marketing its pesticides as all-natural and environmentally friendly, according to an assurance of discontinuance filed by the Massachusetts attorney general.
Read moreAs Texas tries to establish the extent of a Zika virus outbreak, a state health director said he’s already looking ahead: “It’s going to be here next season, absolutely.”
Read moreCommon mosquito control strategies like spraying insecticides to control the spread of the Zika virus can be counterproductive and are often based on unreliable scientific studies and evidence.
Read moreA Brownsville woman who has not traveled to any Zika-virus hotspots tested positive last week, Texas health officials said Monday, marking the first suspected local transmission in Texas.
Read moreNew research shows the Zika virus can lead to a variety of health conditions in adults, a group previously believed to experience mostly minor symptoms after contracting the virus.
Read moreThe World Health Organization said Friday that it now longer considers the Zika virus a global health emergency.
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