Zika virus was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey. Sporadic human infections were detected across Africa and Asia from the 1960s to the 1980s. Since 2007 outbreaks of Zika ...

Public health agencies are urging continued vigilance regarding the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne illness that remains a ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday urged people to protect themselves from mosquito bites to reduce the risk of infections after this year’s first Zika virus infection and three new cases ...

From COVID-19 and mpox to Ebola, Zika and the recent hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise passengers travelling across multiple countries, the world has witnessed an unusual rise in infectious disease ...

Brazil's outbreak of Zika—which has been linked to the devastating microcephaly birth defect in newborns—has topped 91,000 cases, health officials said on Tuesday. Between January 3 and April 2, ...

A single mosquito bite can trigger joint pain so severe it bends the body double, and for some people that pain never stops.

Zika virus is mainly spread by the bite of infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes - Cynthia Goldsmith/CDC via AP Zika virus is a mosquito-borne illness first identified in Uganda in 1947 in a Rhesus ...