

The Mosquitoes Are Coming for UsJuly 29, 2019 |
They are our apex predator, the deadliest hunters of human beings on the planet
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The Mosquitoes Are Coming for UsJuly 29, 2019 |
They are our apex predator, the deadliest hunters of human beings on the planet
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Mothers of Babies Afflicted by Zika Fight Poverty, DespairOctober 17, 2018 |
Nearly three years after a Zika outbreak in Brazil caused thousands of cases of microcephaly and other devastating birth defects in newborns, Reuters returned to check on the mothers and their children
Quick ReadIn 2016, as the mosquito-borne Zika virus spread through the Americas and cases of infected women having brain-damaged babies mounted, investigators raced to develop a vaccine. Now, a $110 million vaccine trial is underway at 17 sites in nine countries, but it faces an unexpected, and ironic, challenge
Quick ReadIn February 2016, the FDA recommended that collection of donated blood cease in areas in the United States in which ZIKV was active, unless blood testing or pathogen-reduction methods could be implemented. At the time, no vectorborne cases of ZIKV infection had been reported in the continental United States; however, an epidemic was under way in the U.S. territories, most notably in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Quick ReadAn expensive screening program designed to keep the Zika virus out of the Red Cross’ blood supply has caught fewer than a dozen infected donations, a new study published Wednesday revealed. Study authors include our Jeremy Sugarman
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As Zika Babies Become Toddlers, Some Can’t See, Walk or TalkDecember 15, 2017 |
As the first babies born with brain damage from the Zika epidemic become 2-year-olds, the most severely affected are falling further behind in their development and will require a lifetime of care, according to a study published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Pregnant Women Who Need Medications Face a Risky Guessing GameDecember 6, 2017 |
A federal task force is now trying to help
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The Decades-Long Quest to Make Virus-Proof MosquitoesNovember 28, 2017 |
A bacterium called Wolbachia could stop the bloodsucking insects from spreading diseases like Zika and dengue fever
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