As the Zika virus spreads from South America to the United States, epidemiologist and public health expert Christine Hockett says disease surveillance technology is key to protecting against it.

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne orthoflavivirus that can cause birth defects, including microcephaly, a condition in which head and brain size are significantly reduced at birth. The collective ...

The Hawai‘i Department of Health has identified a travel-related case of Zika virus and a separate travel-related case of ...

The Aedes mosquito can spread Zika virus in addition to dengue fever and chikungunya virus. The virus was first spotted in the Americas in 2014. Note: This post was updated on February 5. As more ...

The case would be the first to show the virus can remain in the body for months. — -- The Zika virus has been found in one man's semen 93 days after he first reported symptoms, topping the ...

DENVER -- An infectious disease specialist from the University of Utah will chair a group formed by the U.S. Olympic Committee to address concerns about the Zika virus and other health issues at the ...

On February 1, 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the recent association of Zika infection with clusters of microcephaly and other neurologic disorders constituted a Public Health ...

A surge of infections from a tropical virus is raising alarm among public health officials because it appears to be causing birth defects similar to those associated with Zika virus. Known as ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — New travel-related cases of Zika and dengue virus have touched down on Oʻahu and flu numbers are up. Dengue has come to Hawaiʻi: 9 things to know to protect your ʻohana The affected ...

Zika virus hijacks the skin of its human host to send out chemical signals that lure more mosquitoes to infect and spread the disease further, new research shows. Zika transmission has been reported ...

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