India's Zika outbreak is spreading, with officials saying Sunday that the mosquito-borne virus has been detected in the western state of Gujarat after nearly 150 cases were reported this year in neighboring Rajasthan. Health authorities in Gujarat said a woman tested positive for Zika and ...
Zika infection shocks pregnant Connecticut girl, 17, back from Honduras but she vows to keep baby
A Connecticut teenager says she was shocked she tested positive for the Zika virus after learning she was pregnant. Sara Mujica, 17, of Danbury said she found out she was pregnant in March while she was visiting Victor Cruz, her fiance and the baby's father, ...
Brazil researchers link Zika to another, much more prevalent, mosquito
Research by scientists in Brazil indicates that a mosquito more common than the one primarily known to transmit Zika infections may possibly be able to carry the virus, a development that could further complicate efforts to limit its spread. The mosquito species Aedes aegypti has ...
Brazil 'losing battle' with mosquito, readies 220,000 troops for eradication effort
Brazil's health minister says the country is sending some 220,000 troops to battle the mosquito blamed for spreading a virus suspected of causing birth defects — but he also says the war is already being lost. Marcelo Castro said that nearly 220,000 members of Brazil's ...
Health officials say a baby born in a Hawaii hospital is the first in the United States born with Zika virus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday it's also the first infant born in the country with microcephaly associated with Zika ...
Dengue virus infiltrates two more parks, hitting Ueno, Shinjuku Gyoen
A young woman is thought to have contracted dengue fever at Tokyo's Ueno Park, and the virus is also detected in a mosquito in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.
The health ministry said Wednesday it has confirmed that someone has contracted dengue fever while in Japan for the first time in nearly 70 years. A Japanese teen in Saitama Prefecture with no record of overseas travel ran a high fever late this month and ...
As rising temperatures expand the habitat of the dengue-carrying tiger mosquito across northern Japan, one expert is urging authorities to take steps to curb the viral disease, which may have returned to the country after a 60-year absence. In 2010, around 240 people were infected ...
