Dr Peter Hotez is a renown tropical disease expert and when he speaks, ears perk up. He is the Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine and the President of the...

In a tragic situation in São Paulo, Brazil, a cataract campaign that took place on Jan. 30 has resulted in 18 people becoming blind due to contaminated surgical instruments, according to a G1. Globo.com...

Officials with the Madeira Health Department are reporting two imported Zika virus cases in women who traveled to Brazil, according to a news release (computer translated). One Zika case is being investigated...

Scientists from the University of Oxford (UK) and the Evandro Chagas Institute (Brazil), along with collaborators from a number of other institutions, sequenced seven genomes of the Brazilian Zika virus...

South Korean health authorities have reported the first confirmed case of the mosquito-borne virus, Zika, in a traveler who returned from Brazil, according to local media. Health officials say the 43-year-old...

Brazil has reported dramatically more dengue fever cases year after year in the Western hemisphere, most recently about 1.6 million cases last year and some 1.4 million cases in 2013. This has changed...

According to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) data released late last week, thirty-one countries/territories in the Americas have confirmed autochthonous cases of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection accounting...

The Brazilian Ministry of Health reports it is investigating 4,222 suspected cases of microcephaly across the country, according to a news release Tuesday (computer translated). This represents 71.5%...

The Hong Kong Department of Health (DH) today arranged a briefing for the sports sector on the necessary preventive measures against Zika Virus Infection before departing for upcoming preparatory events...

Health officials in Uruguay reports what may be the country’s first case of autochthonous, or locally acquired dengue fever case in a Montevideo woman. The 31-year-old female developed fever and...