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NEW YORK (AP) — With government officials now warning pregnant women to avoid Miami Beach in addition to Puerto Rico, some sun seekers are desperat
A Maryland man who was exhibiting no symptoms of Zika has given the virus to his female sex partner — the first such case in the U.S., officials sa
Nearly every state is reporting cases of the Zika virus; only Idaho, South Dakota, Wyoming and Alaska have not reported it.
Fearing the Zika virus will enter the nation’s blood bank supplies, the Food and Drug Administration on Friday suggested that all donated blood and
(Newser) – US health officials on Friday reported the first case of Zika spread through sex by a man with no symptoms of the disease, the AP report
Medic Regional Blood Center announced Friday it will soon test all blood donations for the Zika virus, in accordance with new Federal Drug Administ
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government told all U.S.
A mouse study has suggested that Zika virus may reproduce in the vagina of pregnant women several days after infection, from where it spreads and i
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration on Friday took the radical step of recommending that blood donations in all 50 states and U.S.
U.S. health officials on Friday reported the first case of Zika spread through sex by a man with no symptoms of the disease. In the other 21 U.S.
President Obama responded to a woman living in the South wrote to share her concern about Zika and the danger it posed to her unborn child.
The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that blood banks screen all blood donations in the U.S. for the Zika virus.
The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday it wants all blood banks in the U.S.
A Food and Drug Administration recommendation that all U.S.
A Food and Drug Administration recommendation that all U.S.
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration wants all U.S.
Now FDA-approved, the process of genetically engineered mosquitoes mating with wild mosquitoes in order to produce sterile offspring is being consi
In Little Haiti, Liberty City, and a number of other neighborhoods in Miami, canvassers are now walking door to door to spread the word about the r
The patient had recently traveled to St.
NEW YORK, United States (AP) — With Government officials now warning pregnant women to avoid Miami Beach in addition to Puerto Rico, some sun seeke
MIAMI (AP) - The Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins say they've intensified mosquito-control treatments at their stadiums because of the Zika vi
A case of the Zika virus was confirmed in Horry County earlier this week at Plantation Point.
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life.
What began as a non-threatening mosquito-borne illness has now become a full-blown epidemic in many South and Central American countries.
University Of Texas Professor Sahotra Sarkar chuckles when he thinks of how often he’s been interviewed the past six months.
The Food and Drug Administration has revised its guidelines for Zika-testing of donated blood: Instead of only testing donations in areas where act
Despite worldwide health concerns heading into the 2016 Summer Olympics, there were no cases of the Zika virus reported from anyone connected to th
The second travel-related case of Zika virus has been reported in the Borderland.
Now that Zika has officially hit Florida, home to a tourist industry worth an estimated $67 billion, the threat isn't just hitting home for Fl
(CNN)More surprises from the world of Zika research this week: The virus can hide in vaginal tissue and the bloodstream of infected infants much lo
So I'm not a traditional refugee. But I have been forced to leave my city to escape a mosquito.
Florida is bracing for a double whammy from Mother Nature, with a tropical wave in the Caribbean threatening to balloon into a hurricane just as th
Gov. Rick Scott is heading to Washington, D.C., again to plead for money that will go toward the state’s continuing fight against the Zika virus.
The vagina is a welcoming home for Zika.
New Zika virus cases appear to be rapidly spreading throughout the U.S.
Officials expect Broward County will soon experience small pockets of locally-transmitted Zika cases, similar to what Miami-Dade County now faces.
LAKE WORTH, Fla. (AP) – Officials say a second person in Palm Beach County, Florida, has contracted the Zika virus through a local mosquito.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Costa Rica has registered its first case of a baby born with microcephaly linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the count
CHICAGO/MIAMI – Florida Governor Rick Scott said on Wednesday the federal government had so far not delivered all the Zika antibody tests and labor
THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Yet another case of local Zika infection has been reported in Florida, this time in Palm Beach County.
The Irish boxing team captain was tipped for gold after two bronze medals but lasted just three rounds in Rio, complaining afterwards that he has s
A new study provides more evidence that the Zika virus spreads sexually, and it might be just as dangerous for babies as if a woman got bitten by a
Chembio Diagnostics Inc. has won a U.S.
On an overcast Wednesday afternoon on Lincoln Road, restaurants were about half full, families pushed their children in strollers, a woman sported
No one appears to have caught Zika at the Olympics, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
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