Because Zika hasn't posed a threat until very recently, there aren't many treatments or vaccines in…

"I think it has been dogged more than normal and some of the things are beyond their control, and s…

To treat these diseases, scientists have started looking into how to stop the mosquitoes. One step …

In December 2013, during a Zika outbreak in French Polynesia, a patient that was seeking treatment …

"The combination of sustained introduction of [infected] travelers, an ecology conducive to local t…

The Zika virus was originally identified in 1947 in Uganda. It's primarily transmitted by tropical …

Once infected with Zika, only a small proportion of people ever show symptoms, which most comm…

In October 2015, a healthy 25-year-old pregnant woman in Ljubljana, Slovenia who had been working i…

One reason Zika is troubling is that it has been linked to birth defects. After some mothers showed…

The syndrome usually develops several days or weeks after someone experiences a respiratory or gast…

The Zika virus is transmitted through the Aedes aegypti mosquito, and the symptoms - which include …

One reason this strain of Zika is so troubling is because it is a cause of birth defects including …

The increased attention is definitely helpful, but it won't be quite enough to get a vaccine in ear…

Zika, which is transmitted mainly by mosquitoes, has been spreading around the Americas and Asia ov…

The Zika virus, which is mainly transmitted by mosquitoes, has been spreading around the Americas a…

But even if most of the US outside those regions is unlikely to see active transmission, officials …

The syndrome usually develops several days or weeks after someone experiences a respiratory or gast…

Zika is carried by mosquitoes, namely the Aedes aegypti, a tropical bug that's great at transmittin…

Chamki fever or encephalitis is an inflammatory condition of the brain resulting in a variety of a…

Puerto Rico, a US territory, has seen more than 600 Zika cases of Zika. Seventy-three of those case…