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An autopsy revealed that particles of the Zika virus and a significant amount of viral genomic RNA were present in the brain, but not other organs.

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In Brazil, an epicenter of the outbreak, the spike in cases has coincided with a mysterious rise in cases of microcephaly, or abnormally small heads, in newborn children. They detected Zika virus 62 days after the initial infection, but they were not able to confirm whether it...

Pharmaceutical industry analysts expect Pfizer to sell the drug, to be sold under the brand name Inflectra, at a discount to Remicade and similar biotech drugs used to treat autoimmune diseases.

Late Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified the Ohio Department of Health of the second case of Zika virus in a returning traveler from Haiti, a 21-year-old Stark County man. Wadsworth is one of only three state laboratories in the country equipped to...

India’s factory output declined again in December by (-)1.3 percent but was somewhat better than the (-)3.42 percent dip registered in the month before, official data showed on Friday.

Industrial production contracted for the second month in a row registering negative growth of 1.3 per cent in December mainly due to drop in the manufacturing sector.

State health officials say the flu is now widespread in Arizona. Decisions about starting antiviral treatment should not be delayed while waiting for laboratory confirmation of influenza; caution should be exercised in interpreting negative rapid influenza diagnostic test result...

The PCST’s findings have been echoed by a separate report on the Zika outbreak by the Brazilian doctors’ and public health researchers’ organization, Abrasco, which condemns the strategy of chemical control of Zika-carrying mosquitoes.

A woman is paired with genetic counseling before choosing to get tested or not.

The World Health Organization said that vaccine trials to combat the Zika virus could be more than a year away, according to the Associated Press.

The Florida Department of Education released preliminary school and district grades Friday, and overall, Southwest Florida districts fared well.

“Cases of suspected Zika virus will be reported to us from health care providers around the state”, Forlano added.

With much of Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean, experiencing widespread transmission of Zika over the past month, health officials have expected to see Americans traveling to those countries returning home with the virus.

Top health officials in the United States said evidence of the Zika virus found in two Brazilian babies with microcephaly is the strongest connection yet between the disease and the birth defect.