The virus might be down, but it's not out. Zika cases in the past year have been decreasing on the whole across North and South America, but we might not be out of the woods yet as we head into the warm summer months.
Zika virus is spreading again after Texas reported its first Zika case. Health official in the US stated that the first Zika virus case was reported in Texas on Monday, believed to be from a local mosquito bite.
In U.S., the blood center and the hospitals has been mandated to conduct a blood screening of the blood donations. However, this mandate was not funded by the government. Thus, the center found it extremely expensive and extremely painful to have the blood screened. This has been done to be ready of the plague of the Zika virus.
A data presents a comparison of the number of babies affected of Zika virus in Colombia and in Brazil. It is spotted that there is a huge difference between the two. Thus, discovering the reason behind Colombia's reduction of Zika cases draw the attention of entire Americas.
The first baby born in Puerto Rico with Zika related Microcephaly. The centers for disease control and prevention officials are closely monitoring this situation.
UNICEF Pan American Health Organization and Argentina launched "Weeks of Action against Mosquito's" on Thursday in Buenos Aires. The main motive of this campaign is to prevent massive outbreaks of dengue,zika,and chikungunya.
The kidnapped mother-in-law of one of the world's wealthiest men has been safely found in Brazil, not far from where the Rio Olympics are set to commence later this month.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requesting that at least two blood centers in Florida halt all collections stemming from fears tied to the Zika virus.
Team USA has completed its 12-man roster for the upcoming Rio Olympics, with Cleveland Cavaliers star point guard Kyrie Irving accepting the final roster spot.
Golden State Warriors star guard and two-time league MVP Stephen Curry has announced he will not be competing for Team USA in the upcoming 2016 Summer Games in Brazil.
With summer fast approaching, a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases expert is warning that mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus could soon be descending across the country.
More than forty states have now seen traveled-associated cases of Zika outbreak, prompting more government officials to seek greater funding for fighting the mosquito-borne virus.
Stressing that it is the not the bill that he would have written, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking member Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz) is throwing his support behind a compromise bill aimed at helping Puerto Rico out of its still bubbling debt crisis.
In an effort to further monitor the Zika virus awareness and prevention campaign, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell will visit Puerto Rico on April 26, including a meeting with Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla.
The cash-strapped island cannot afforts to fund hospitals and hospital staff necessary for fighting Zika, the bloodborne disease that can have devastating affects on infants and pregnant women.
