In late July, reggae artist Beenie Man announced via Instagram that he had contracted the Zika virus. Due to his illness, he was denied a Canadian visa which caused him to miss his scheduled performance at OVO Fest. Thankfully, however, the musician has announced that he is completely recovered. “Nah man, I’m good now, me… Read More »
Zika, a mosquito-borne virus linked to serious birth defects in children, spread further and faster this year than it ever had before, and prompted the World Health Organization to declare the disease an international health emergency in February. However, there is good news — recent research suggests we may be close to finding a way to prevent future Zika infections. In… Read More »
With cases of Zika virus cropping up across several countries, efforts are being made to come up with a vaccine to control its spread. On Thursday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott directed $25 million in state money in a bid to develop an effective vaccine against the mosquito-borne disease that was declared a public health emergency by the… Read More »
Despite ongoing research into the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the question of whether it actually causes children infected in the womb to develop a variety of birth defects, including microcephaly (an abnormally small head), still hasn’t been proven. A new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, however, claims to have found some of the strongest… Read More »
A recent study has shown that the Zika virus can also be found in the human eye, in line with reports that showed links between the infection and eye diseases. In the study, published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association Ophthalmology, researchers from the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health in China tested the… Read More »
he more we get to know the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the more worrying its bite becomes. The latest unfortunate news comes from a team of Italian doctors reporting on the peculiar case of a 32-year-old woman infected with Zika while staying in the Dominican Republic earlier this spring. After returning to Italy in mid-April, the woman… Read More »
With the Zika virus continuing to make inroads into the U.S., particularly through Florida, the urgency for a vaccine to protect those most vulnerable to Zika — unborn children infected in the womb — has never been higher. Similarly, there have been ongoing efforts to produce vaccines for other common and fast-spreading mosquito-borne diseases such as… Read More »
Currently, over 65 countries and territories around the world are battling transmission of the Zika virus. Earlier this year, the World Health Organization declared the virus —mainly spread by the bite of the Aedes mosquito and sometimes sexual transmission — an international health emergency. A new study suggests that the two billion residents of the Philippines, Vietnam, Pakistan and… Read More »
The laundry list of health problems associated with Zika infection in the womb continues to expand, according to new research published Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Brazilian team of researchers studied the available medical records of 70 infants diagnosed with microcephaly (a smaller than normal head), almost certainly caused… Read More »
It seems that with each new day, there’s more bad news to learn about the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The latest, published Thursday in Cell, suggests that the virus may be able to survive in the vagina of women for nearly a week after they’re infected. Yale researchers, led by Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, a professor of immunobiology and scientist at the… Read More »
An exhaustive study of Zika-infected babies released in Radiology reveals the extent of destruction that the mosquito-borne virus causes to their developing brains. The international coalition of researchers reviewed the brain scans and ultrasound photos of 45 babies either confirmed or strongly suspected to have been infected with Zika while in the womb. The images, obtained from the… Read More »
MIAMI/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Federal health officials on Friday warned pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirmed that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was active in the popular tourist destination. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also suggested that pregnant women who are especially worried about exposure to Zika –… Read More »
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