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She was not pregnant but experienced Zika symptoms upon her return to the state. Currently, doctors have to send blood samples to specialized labs available in only a handful of states or to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, which can...

If confirmed, the high number would have major implications for controlling the virus, which is usually spread by mosquito bites. These males are released into the target area, where they compete with wild males to mate with the wild females.

USA health officials are investigating whether 14 new Zika virus infections may been transmitted through sex, raising questions about the role of sex in spreading a disease that has been linked to birth defects in Brazil. In all the cases, women in the continental United States...

The state of Florida announced Wednesday that three pregnant women who had traveled outside the United States tested positive for Zika virus.

It was not the way the 34-year-old wanted to retire, as Australia completed a 2-0 series sweep by winning the second Test by seven wickets.

The research of analyzed data of over 430,000 participants discovered that drinking two additional cups of coffee each day reduced the risk of developing liver cirrhosis by 44 percent.

A 16-member team of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is starting work on a “case-control” study aimed at determining whether the Zika virus really does cause babies to be born with the devastating birth defect microcephaly, as Brazilian researchers...

The federal opposition says the government has finally acknowledged Labor was correct in deciding Australia needed 12 new submarines.

Voting against his confirmation were Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Wednesday in a statement.

An anti-retroviral drug used to prevent the transmission of HIV from mother to child may have small but significant effects on infant development, a new study has claimed.

Businessman Donald Trump inched closer to the US Republican presidential nomination after easily outdistancing his rivals in the Nevada caucuses, giving him his third win in four early nominating contests. Entrance polls in Nevada captured the sentiment propelling Trump’s...

Kenny has not even had a single applicant the last four months.

The Health Department has confirmed the first case of the Zika virus in South Africa.

Despite an accumulation of strong evidence over the past few weeks, researchers may still need months to prove the relation between the Zika virus and micocephaly, World Health Organization also announced on Friday.

“All we’re doing is to make sure that indeed we check whether it was the Zika virus, because that’s what the NICD must conserve with the laboratory that has done the test”.