Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe Much of sub-Saharan Africa is prone to Zika infections, but Zimbabwe falls south of the affected areas. The town and waterfall border Zambia, which also has no known risk ...

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 ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this week (June 7) issued new guidelines, recommending that people who live in areas where the Zika virus is actively being transmitted to consider delaying ...

The virus arrived in the United States in the summer of 2016. Zika virus is transmitted primarily by mosquitoes that thrive in tropical climates and urban areas. The virus can cause Zika virus disease ...

Zika infection is known to cause severe birth ... These exemptions are for “a limited use of the pesticide in specific geographic areas for a finite period of time.” As long as four statutory ...

Alternatively, temperature could be responsible for the low disease burden: while many parts of sub-Saharan Africa have the ideal climate for Zika virus transmission, areas with temperatures too ...

This past year, the Zika virus has emerged as global problem. The virus, which is primarily transmitted via mosquitoes, has been spreading around the Americas since May 2015. One of the reasons it ...

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 ...

The centre urged the public to adopt strict anti-mosquito measures and practise safe sex during travel, and warned pregnant women not to travel to affected areas. Zika virus: antibodies which ...

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 ...

In areas with previous Oropouche transmission the ... threats from emerging pathogens,” including Ebola, mpox and Zika virus, Vaughan said. “Without properly supported surveillance networks ...