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 ...

Oct. 25, 2023 — Zika virus infection in pregnant rhesus macaques slows fetal growth and affects how infants and mothers interact in the first month of life, according to a new study. The work ...

This PBS special was originally broadcast in August 2016 during the outbreak of Zika virus. It is being rebroadcast now in light of the current novel coronavirus/COVID 19 crisis. The public health ...

A new outbreak of Zika virus is quite possible, warn researchers, with a single mutation potentially enough to trigger an explosive spread. The disease caused a global medical emergency in 2016 ...

Nearly two-thirds of people contracting Oropouche virus exhibit symptoms that are similar to those involved with Zika, ...

We’ve known for more than a century that a mosquito’s bite can pass on brutal disease: Zika is the virus receiving the most attention now, but malaria alone kills more than 400,000 people a ...

The mosquito-borne virus has been linked to shrunken brains in children At least 89 people, including 17 children, have tested positive for the Zika virus in a district in India's most populous ...

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We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

Zika virus disease is mainly spread by mosquitoes. For most people it is a very mild infection and isn’t harmful but it may be more serious for pregnant women HOLIDAY makers heading across the ...

Sean Carroll is Vice President for Science Education of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the architect of HHMI's science filmmaking initiative. Carroll has served as executive producer and ...

Music is memory. Hearing a song can take you to a place, a feeling, a moment. Guided by one of Australia's most charming and experienced interviewers Zan Rowe, our guests reveal a side to themselves ...