Zika virus is an infection spread by an infected Aedes species mosquito, specifically Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. These mosquitoes bite during the day and night, and while they originated in ...

This research comes as many mosquito-borne viruses are spreading rapidly. Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting a ...

The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a travel-related case of Zika virus on Oahu and identified two others who may have been exposed, prompting a public warning to avoid mosquito bites ...

Zika virus hijacks the skin of its human host to send out chemical signals that lure more mosquitoes to infect and spread the disease further, new research shows. Zika virus hijacks the skin of its ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. In 2015, a horror movie came to life. The mosquitoes that swarm almost all tropical climates began infecting people with a strange new virus. In most, Zika ...

Scientists have found that a single mutation in the Zika virus could potentially trigger a new outbreak with far-reaching consequences. The researchers, from the La Jolla Institute for Immunology in ...

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 ...

While identical twins often share a fate, fraternal twins typically don’t, a divergence that offers clues to researchers. But one case is confounding these expectations. By Pam Belluck and Tania ...

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