Zika

Hundreds of millions of mosquitos will soon be released in Florida. On purpose. The mosquitoes are being released …

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A devastating viral disease could actually help treat and prevent brain cancer in the future, suggests yet more…

A new study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that it took more than $40 million…

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The Zika virus played the role of 2016's worst health story. At the center of that story was the virus’…

As public health officials are gearing up for another season of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the Trump…

The US Centers for Disease Control has released a sobering new study detailing the birth defect rates among…

Over the past few years, people have been freaking out about a plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes in…

Earlier today, the World Health Organization declared that the Zika virus, along with its related neurological…

The future of public health in the United States was a hotly contested topic during the 2016 election, with the…

The mosquito genocide is beginning. Millions of genetically modified versions of the useless vampire insects are…

To prevent Zika-infected mosquitoes from taking root in South Carolina, officials in Dorchester County gave the…

Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and SeaWorld Florida have all put up signs about mosquito prevention efforts…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has already issued one Zika-related travel advisory in the…

Zika is officially here, with fifteen confirmed cases in the Miami neighborhood of Wynwood over the past week. On…

This morning, Florida Governor Rick Scott announced that 10 more people in Florida have contracted the Zika virus,…

At a dramatic press conference held earlier today, Governor Rick Scott said Florida is the first state in the US to…

Models produced by researchers at Imperial College London indicate that the ongoing Zika epidemic in parts of Latin…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is collecting semen from hundreds of Zika-infected men to figure out…