The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) is encouraging expectant mothers to schedule early and regular prenatal care visits to help ensure their children are born healthy and strong. As part...

Health officials in Minnesota are expressing concern after preliminary data on syphilis among women in the state last year reveals a significant rise over the prior year. Preliminary data for 2015 show...

El Salvador is one of the 22 countries and territories in the Americas to report local transmission of Zika virus, in fact, the Central American country has seen a surge in cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome...

The spread of Zika virus in the Western hemisphere and the possible link between the mosquito borne flavivirus and microcephaly has grabbed the attention of the public, the media and the Centers for Disease...

There has been a plethora of reports on the microcephaly surge in Brazil and the potential link between the newest mosquito borne virus in the Americas, Zika virus, and the rare neurological condition...

Amazonas, a state in northwestern Brazil, recorded their first suspected case of microcephaly since the country surge began, making it the 21st state to record a case, according to a health ministry press...

The number of confirmed and suspected cases of Zika infection in Colombia has eclipsed 10,000 cases, according to data from the Instituto Nacional de Salud, Colombia. Through Dec. 26, health officials...

Brazilian health authorities released the latest numbers concerning the massive increase of microcephaly cases in the country and it reveals the number suspected cases of the disease is now at 2,975...

The number of microcephaly cases reported in Brazil grew by nearly 400 during the past week, bringing the cumulative total of suspected cases to 2,782, including 40 deaths, the Brazilian Health Ministry...

The number of microcephaly cases in Brazil has skyrocketed in the past few days as the Brazilian Health Ministry (computer translated) put the tally as of Nov. 28 at 1,248 suspected cases. Cases of the congenital...