Seventy years after CDC was founded to fight mosquitoes that carried malaria, CDC found itself entrenched in combat with another mosquito-borne illness, Zika virus. CDC activated its Emergency Operations...

CDC today announced updates to its interim guidance for pre-pregnancy counseling and prevention of sexual transmission of Zika based on ongoing assessment of available data, primarily extending the timeframe...

CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, and Martha Lucía Ospina Martínez, MD, MPH, MBA, Director General of Colombia’s Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...

With concerns of Zika virus becoming a locally transmitted mosquito borne infection in the state of Florida and the potential serious consequences it can have on the fetus, Tampa General Hospital will...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began reporting Zika-related birth defects in the United States to include live-born infants and pregnancy losses. To date, the number of poor...

One of Zika’s mysteries is how the virus passes from an infected mother, through the placenta, to a developing fetus. The route may not be direct either — transmission via multiple cell types...

On Thursday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director, Dr Thomas Frieden addressed the National Press Club on Zika virus and the response efforts being taken. During his talk, Frieden,...

To gain a more complete picture of the impact of Zika virus infection during pregnancy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today will begin reporting the total number of pregnant women...

Missouri health officials reported Friday on the 4th imported Zika virus case in the state. The patient is a pregnant woman who had travelled to Nicaragua. Nearly 80 percent of people infected with the...

Just days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced they’ve concluded that the mosquito borne virus, Zika, is the cause of microcephaly and other birth defects,  the head...