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Zika Virus: Rio, Brazil, Says It’s On Guard
RIO DE JANEIRO—The more than 3,000 health inspectors in Rio de Janeiro are stepping up inspections for mosquito breeding areas near the city’s Carnival sites as part of a bid to stem the spread of...
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First Case of Zika Virus, Linked to Birth Defects, Confirmed in Los Angeles
The Zika virus, a disease suspected of causing birth defects which spread across much of Latin America in 2015, has now reached the United States. A young girl who traveled from Los Angeles County to...
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Zika Virus: 270 of 4,180 Suspected Microcephaly Cases Confirmed in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO—New figures released Wednesday by Brazil’s Health Ministry as part of a probe into the Zika virus have found fewer cases of a rare birth defect than first feared. Researchers have been...
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UN Health Chief: Zika Virus Is ‘Spreading Explosively’
GENEVA—The Zika virus is “spreading explosively” in the Americas, which could see up to 4 million cases over the next year, international health officials said Thursday, Jan. 28, announcing a special...
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WHO: Zika Virus Is Spreading ‘Explosively,’ Could Soon Reach 4 Million Cases
Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) have put the world on alert about the Zika virus, which is now “spreading explosively” and could soon affect up to 4 million people around the...
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Life at Zika Epicenter a Struggle for Afflicted Family
RECIFE, Brazil—Around the fifth month of her pregnancy, Daniele Ferreira dos Santos fell ill with a high fever and angry red splotches on her skin. She soon recovered. But weeks later, when she went to...
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Love in the Time of Zika
Love, sex and babies are the foundation of human existence. Without them the human race ceases to exist. Zika, a virus that few people had heard of a month ago, has suddenly disrupted this normal...
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Asian Countries Urge Sick Travelers to Report Zika Symptoms
The Zika virus is spreading rapidly in Latin America, and Asian governments have issued advisories in a bid to contain the mosquito-borne disease, which could be linked to birth defects and can cause...
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Number of Zika Virus Cases in US Jumps to 36
Just last week, the first case of the Zika virus was discovered in the United States when a woman in Los Angeles county who had traveled to El Salvador and back was found to have been infected. Now,...
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For Brazil’s Rich and Poor, Disparate Responses to Zika Virus
RIO DE JANEIRO—Two Brazilian women, two pregnancies, one nightmare. But two very different stories. Regina de Lima and Tainara Lourenco became pregnant at a scary moment—the dawn of an extraordinary...
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What Really Threatens America: Zika, Cancer, or ISIS?
The unfolding information about the Zika virus and saddening images of babies infected with microcephaly should really scare us all. The disease has spread “explosively” throughout the Americas, with...
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Zika Virus Now a Global ‘Public Health Emergency,’ Says World Health...
With new Zika virus cases showing up in countries across the Americas, the World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared a public health emergency over the spread of the disease on Monday....
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WHO Declares Global Emergency Over Zika Virus Spread
GENEVA—The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas, calling it an “extraordinary event”...
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Drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur Launches Effort for Zika Vaccine
PARIS—Drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur announced Tuesday it is launching an effort to research and develop a vaccine to prevent the Zika virus, after the World Health Organization declared a global emergency...
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Sexually-Transmitted Zika Case Confirmed in Texas
DALLAS—Health officials on Tuesday reported that a person in Texas has become infected with the Zika virus through sex in the first case of the illness being transmitted within the United States amid...
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Zika Affects Plans for Destination Weddings, Babymoons
Some travelers are trading in Caribbean and Latin American vacations for ski trips and Hawaii as they rethink destination weddings, babymoons and other getaways in light of the Zika virus. The...
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Zika Case in Texas Sparks Questions About Sex and Mosquito Germs
NEW YORK—A sexually transmitted case of Zika in Texas has scientists scrambling to understand how much of a risk infection through sex is for the usually mosquito-spread illness. Experts still stress...
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Florida Readies for a Fight With Zika Virus
MIAMI—Florida’s history of fighting off mosquito-borne outbreaks puts the state in perhaps better position than most when it comes to the Zika virus. In 2014, chikungunya, a virus spread by the same...
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More Than 3,000 Pregnant Women Infected With Zika Virus in Colombia
The Zika virus is gathering ever more attention as it spreads across the globe. It reached the United States last month, and the first case in Europe was confirmed a few days ago, the BBC reports. In...
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Obama Asking Congress for Emergency Funding to Combat Zika
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is asking Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to fight the Zika virus and the mosquitoes that spread it here and abroad, but says “there shouldn’t...
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