On Monday, director general of the World Health Organization Dr. Margaret Chan declared the mosquito-borne Zika virus to be an international public health emergency. Chan made a particular point of ...

The Zika virus epidemic that began in Brazil in 2015 and quickly spread to other countries caused an unprecedented flood of ...

The Zika virus is spreading through the Americas and is suspected to be causing babies to be born with tiny heads (and less developed brains).

A new study reveals the biological secret to the Zika virus's infectious success: Zika uses host cells' own 'self-care' system of clearing away useless molecules to suppress the host proteins that the ...

When a nasty bug infects a cell, the cell sends out riders called interferons that, like Paul Revere, warn the other cells: A virus is coming! A virus is coming! Interferons bind to receptors on the ...

In Puerto Rico, 50 pregnant women per day are being infected with the virus. — -- Evidence of the Zika virus has been found in at least 320 pregnant women in the U.S. according to a new report ...