Success in mice shows zika vaccine 'feasible'
(HealthDay)—Studies involving mice support the effectiveness of two vaccine candidates against the Zika virus, scientists say.
Jun 29, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Studies involving mice support the effectiveness of two vaccine candidates against the Zika virus, scientists say.
Jun 29, 2016
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A new study from Indiana University may explain how a bacterium called Wolbachia prevents mosquitoes from transmitting deadly diseases such as dengue fever, West Nile virus and Zika.
Jun 15, 2017
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Florida health officials have confirmed a case of sexually transmitted Zika in Pinellas County, a first for the state in 2017.
Aug 2, 2017
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They still bite, but new research shows lab-grown mosquitoes are fighting dangerous dengue fever that they normally would spread.
Nov 21, 2019
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Threatened by the mosquito-borne Zika virus in 2016, Florida residents felt more susceptible than others in the United States to getting the virus, were more knowledgeable about it, and were more likely to support taking ...
Jun 13, 2018
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A cheap and effective tool that could save lives by helping health authorities target mosquitos infected with Zika virus has been developed by researchers from the University of Queensland and colleagues in Brazil.
May 23, 2018
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In a breakthrough that could accelerate malaria vaccine and drug development, scientists announced today that, for the first time ever, human volunteers were infected with malaria via a simple injection of cryopreserved sterile ...
Nov 13, 2012
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Florida health officials have trapped mosquitoes in an area of Miami-Dade County and are testing them for Zika to confirm whether a woman with the virus could be the first person infected directly by a mosquito bite in the ...
Jul 21, 2016
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LSTM's Dr. Gabriela Gomes is senior author on a new study which outlines the importance of using variation in mosquito susceptibility as a parameter in mathematical modelling to realistically assess the impact of Wolbachia ...
Apr 19, 2018
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U.S. health officials have new guidance for doctors whose pregnant patients may have traveled to regions with a tropical illness linked to birth defects.
Jan 19, 2016
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