Trinidad and Tobago as well as Vietnam report suspected Zika-linked microcephaly.
With the World Health Organization (WHO) set to name a new director-general in May 2017, the editors of The Lancet sat down with the six candidates running to replace Margaret Chan, MD, MPH, as the head of the world's only multilateral health agency.
Florida has another case of locally acquired Zika, while Brazil has begun using sterile mosquitoes to fight Aedes.
At least 5 people have contracted Zika in a small area in North Miami Beach.
As Florida announces new cases, health labs have noted a lag in testing for pregnant woman and the WHO says Asia will experience wider transmission.
Also, a new study provides evidence for the usefulness of IgM Zika testing for babies.
The WHO says it's still not clear if Zika-linked microcephaly cases in Thailand are tied to the strain that has circulated in Southeast Asia.
A study yesterday in Pediatrics showed how an urban health system achieved human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates of 89.8% in teen girls and 89.3% in teen boys by using low-cost interventions, including "bundling" the HPV vaccine with other vaccines, and offering vaccines at every healthcare visit.
Study today provides more evidence of a strong link between Zika and Guillain-Barre syndrome.
In research developments, a group from Brazil profiled 11 microcephaly cases, and another team described lessons learned from experimentally infecting monkeys.
