Diet Drugs Might Make Mosquitoes Stop Thirsting for Our Blood
Losing weight is definitely tough. So tough, in fact, that scientists have tried to whip up drugs that trick us into…
Scientists Are Turning Zika Virus Into a Weapon Against Brain Cancer
A devastating viral disease could actually help treat and prevent brain cancer in the future, suggests yet more…
The Red Cross Wants to Stop Universally Screening Blood Donations for Zika
A new study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that it took more than $40 million over a…
How Astonishing Zika Virus Images Were Made With a Nobel-Prize Winning Technique
Pretty Scientific is a new Gizmodo series where we explore how the best images in science were created and why.
Zika Virus Kills Brain Cancer Cells in Mice
The Zika virus played the role of 2016's worst health story. At the center of that story was the virus’ heartbreaking…
Trump Wants to Slash Funding for Birth Defect Research as States Brace for Zika Season
As public health officials are gearing up for another season of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the Trump…
10 Percent of Pregnant USÂ Women With Zika Had Fetus Or Baby With Birth Defects
The US Centers for Disease Control has released a sobering new study detailing the birth defect rates among pregnant…
Houston Is the Next Battleground in the GMO Mosquito War
Over the past few years, people have been freaking out about a plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes in the…
The WHO Was Wrong to Say Zika Is No Longer an Emergency
Earlier today, the World Health Organization declared that the Zika virus, along with its related neurological…
What a Trump Presidency Means for Your Health
The future of public health in the United States was a hotly contested topic during the 2016 election, with the…
Scientists Hope to Eradicate Disease With Massive Mosquito Orgy
The mosquito genocide is beginning. Millions of genetically modified versions of the useless vampire insects are being…
South Carolina Just Annihilated Millions of Bees By Accident
To prevent Zika-infected mosquitoes from taking root in South Carolina, officials in Dorchester County gave the…
Walt Disney World Won't Say The Word Zika
Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and SeaWorld Florida have all put up signs about mosquito prevention efforts…
Florida's Bummer Summer Continues as Zika Believed To Have Spread to Miami Beach [Update: It Did]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has already issued one Zika-related travel advisory in the United…
Should Christmas in Miami Be Canceled Because of Zika?
Zika is officially here, with fifteen confirmed cases in the Miami neighborhood of Wynwood over the past week. On…
The Florida Zika Outbreak Is Looking Worse and Worse
This morning, Florida Governor Rick Scott announced that 10 more people in Florida have contracted the Zika virus,…
Florida Governor Says Mosquitoes Are Spreading Zika in This Miami Neighborhood
At a dramatic press conference held earlier today, Governor Rick Scott said Florida is the first state in the US to see…
The Zika Epidemic Has Been Given a Three-Year Expiration Date
Models produced by researchers at Imperial College London indicate that the ongoing Zika epidemic in parts of Latin…
The CDC Will Pay You For Zika-Infected Semen
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is collecting semen from hundreds of Zika-infected men to figure out how…
Government-Funded Zika Study to Use Olympic Athletes as Guinea Pigs
In an effort to learn more about the dreaded disease, the National Institutes of Health is funding a study in which a…