The findings are consistent with patterns seen during a 2013 Zika outbreak in French Polynesia.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today said it has received word of an attack at medical facilities in Syria that destroyed the only vaccines cold room in a district where several polio cases have been reported over the past several months.
The Florida Department of Health (Florida Health) today reported the state's first locally acquired Zika case of the year, putting the nation's total this year at three local cases.
In a statement, Florida Health said the locally transmitted case has been confirmed in Manatee County, which wasn't one of the areas to report cases last year.
The Texas case is in a county where illnesses were reported last year.
Comprehensive biomedical research must continue its crucial role in preparing the world for the next pandemic or other far-reaching public health emergency, whether it be caused by a novel influenza strain, Ebola, or some other transmissible pathogen, Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and colleagues wrote in a commentary in the Journal
The trial of 40 adults with 2 dose levels found the vaccine safe and immunogenic.
In one case, relying on ultrasound alone would have given the mother false assurance.
Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies engineered from three humans infected with Zika virus protected non-human primates from contracting the mosquito-borne disease, according to a new study published in Science Translational Medicine.
After a lag in reporting last week, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) updated it information on MERS-CoV cases over the weekend, noting three new cases since the agency last reported on Sep 25.
One genetic mutation in 2013 allowed the virus to become more infective and cause birth defects, a new study suggests.
