The Zika virus situation in Puerto Rico continues to grow and we learn today that the first Zika related microcephaly case was reported by island health officials. For the last week of April, 140 additional...

On Feb. 1, 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan, based on the advice of Emergency Committee (EC), declared the current Zika virus outbreak a Public Health Emergency...

Many people in U.S. households where someone is pregnant or considering getting pregnant in the next 12 months are not aware of key facts about Zika virus, according to a new poll by Harvard T.H. Chan...

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported Monday on a case of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) with confirmed Zika virus infection in the United States. According to the UN agency, the case is an elderly...

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...

Between 1 January 2007 and 9 March 2016, a total of 52 countries and territories have reported autochthonous (local) transmission or indication of transmission of Zika virus (41 since 1 January 2015)....

The second meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR 2005) regarding clusters of microcephaly cases and other neurological...

A multidisciplinary group of experts convened by the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) is in El Salvador this week to exchange experiences and support national efforts...

On 24 November 2015, health authorities in French Polynesia reported unknown and unspecified causes of morbidity and mortality in the context of concomitant outbreaks of Zika and dengue (serotypes 1 and...

Health officials in Panama reported on Sunday an additional seven Zika virus infection cases, bringing the total to 118, according to media accounts (computer translated). The capital districts of San...