The Zika outbreak in Brazil may be linked to thousands of babies being born with microcephaly. This mother and child are one of the many cases the country is seeing. Story and editing by Adam ...

Zika has also been linked to a spike in the birth ... to actually cover your mouth when you cough or cover your face when you sneeze, so that you aren't spreading it to other people," Bendix ...

Feb. 21, 2025 — Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta ...

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 ...

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 ...

Then, the team treated human skin explants with Nest1 along with Zika virus to see how Nest1 affected viral infection. Indeed, explants exposed to virus along with Nest1 displayed increased Zika ...

Is the threat of the Zika virus affecting your vacation plans? If you're expecting or planning to become a mom or dad-to-be soon, you're right to be concerned. As the Centers for Disease Control ...