Here’s a look at Zika virus, an illness spread through mosquito bites that can cause birth defects and other neurological defects. Facts Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took offline recommendations on how doctors should treat sexually transmitted ...

attempting to change a mosquito genome so that the insect cannot transmit Zika or malaria. We could harness the same techniques to “design” our babies—simply to choose a preferred hair or ...

While Zika has been reported in more than 90 countries, surprisingly little is known about what exactly drives Zika ...

Newborns with heart complications can rely on their newly developed immune systems to regenerate cardiac tissues, but adults ...

How do babies learn to talk? Across languages and cultures, parents simplify their speech significantly in response to babies ...

Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified ... That’s because an infection during pregnancy can cause microcephaly, which is when a baby's head is much smaller than expected, and other ...

The spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the Zika virus as well as dengue, Rift Valley fever, and ...

As per a retrospective-prospective, matched cohort study published recently, exposure to Zika virus while still in the womb can lead to a greater risk for neurodevelopmental delay in early ...

Zika virus alters the chemical composition of human skin, making individuals more attractive to mosquitoes, according to new research from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. The study, ...