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Recent outbreaks of influenza, Ebola, and Zika viruses have taught us that pregnant women are uniquely vulnerable to emerging…
Recent outbreaks of influenza, Ebola, and Zika viruses have taught us that pregnant women are uniquely vulnerable to emerging…
Zika Virus Potentiates the Development of Neurological Defects and Microcephaly: Challenges and Control..., , Zika Virus…
Zika Virus Potentiates the Development of Neurological Defects and Microcephaly: Challenges and Control..., , Zika Virus…
Early figures suggest several thousand fewer babies were born in the Brazilian city than usual in the second half of 2016, but…
News coverage of Zika has been declining, but here's why we shouldn't forget about it.
In this file photo, Estafany Perreira holds her nephew David Henrique Ferreira, 5 months, who has microcephaly, on January 25…
New UCLA-led research finds that Zika-linked abnormalities that occur in human fetuses are more extensive — and severe — than…
Nearly half of 125 pregnancies studied resulted in defects among newborns or ended in fetal death.
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Women who were infected with Zika virus while abroad and then came to the U.S. had complications about 6 percent of the time, a…
Women who were infected with Zika virus while abroad and then came to the U.S. had complications about 6 percent of the time, a…
Babies born to Zika-infected mothers are highly likely to have brain damage, even in the absence of obvious abnormalities like…
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I assume that most readers of Bugbitten are very familiar with Zika virus itself as well as the ongoing outbreak in the…
Doctors in Brazil first started suspecting a possible link between zika virus infection and microcephaly close to one year ago.
Some FDA-approved drugs, including the anti-depressant Zoloft, might be useful for treating Zika infections.Continue reading on…
Here's how doctors are dealing with the new disease.
Scientists tracked nearly 600 pregnant women in Colombia, who were reportedly infected with Zika during their third trimester.
Peter Singer weighs up protecting public health against disruption to a great international sporting event.
One year ago the transmission of Zika Virus was first described in Brazil. Five months later an increase in microcephaly in new…
From Amir Attaran at the Harvard Public Health Review: Brazil’s Zika problem is inconveniently not ending. The outbreak that…
by Lisa H. Harris, Neil S. Silverman, and Mary Faith…
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Follow me at @JohnRossMD Back in January, Dr. Anne Schuchat, Deputy Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), didn’t…
Lucas Camargos (@lmcamargos), Luciano Queiroz (@lucianocupim), Bárbara Paes (@moleculoide), Atila Iamarino (@oatila, Rainha…
Go game image courtesy of Jaro Larnnos under a Creative Commons…
Last week, a public health poll pointed to some myths that have been circulating about Zika. Let’s bust them.
Caption: Human neural progenitor cells (gray) infected with Zika virus (green) increased the enzyme caspase-3 (red), suggesting…
[Updated 3/15/16, 7:16pm; corrected 3/16/16, 7:00pm. See below.] In the Luganda language, zika means “overgrown.” It’s also the…
2016 study published in The New England Journal of Medicine that investigates the link between Zika infection and fetal…
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy…
Data from several clinical studies in Brazil establish a strong link between infection of pregnant women with Zika virus and a…
It’s well understood in science education that students are more engaged when they work on problems that matter. Right now…
Zika virus, drug discovery, and student…
Zika Virus (ZIKV) was first isolated from monkeys in 1947 and until 2007 only isolated cases of infection in humans were…
Zika Virus (ZIKV) was first isolated from monkeys in 1947 and until 2007 only isolated cases of infection in humans were…
As I noted when I first wrote about Zika virus in January, researchers haven’t definititively established the link between the…
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy…
Credit CDCUPDATE: Dr. Ian Mackay has weighed in on this study this morning on his VDU blog in Zika virus and brain injury…
O ritmo de esclarecimento da relação entre o ZIKV e o surto de microcefalia está acelerado.Depois da confirmação da relação…
Scientists have just reported that in the lab, the Zika virus can infect and destroy neural stem cells that give rise to the brai…
Scientists have just reported that in the lab, the Zika virus can infect and destroy neural stem cells that give rise to the brai…
A study of pregnant women in Rio de Janeiro lends credence to a suspected link between Zika and microcephaly and suggests the…
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