Zika virus

Beenie Man canceled his Saturday night performance at Toronto’s OVO Fest because he was denied a Canadian visa after contracting the Zika virus. The reggae star shared an Instagram photo of himself appearing to be in pain while undergoing blood tests. “No visa fi mi Canada show,” the Jamaican singer wrote. “The same Zika mosquito […]

MIAMI (AP) — In a highly unusual travel warning, health officials advised pregnant women to avoid a part of Miami where mosquitoes are apparently transmitting Zika directly to humans. Health officials last Friday announced that mosquitoes have apparently started spreading Zika on the U.S. mainland, citing four cases they strongly believe were caused by bites. […]

A disease spread through mosquito bites, it’s no wonder Zika virus is on everyone’s watch list, as they trek and travel across the globe during…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal money left over from the largely successful fight against Ebola will now go to combating the growing threat of the Zika virus, the Obama administration announced Wednesday. Most of the $589 million would be devoted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for research on the virus and Zika-related birth […]

  Dr. Jessica Shepherd is a gynecologist and the founder of ‘Her Viewpoint,’ an online women’s health forum. She is also seen regularly as an expert on Dr. Oz, and CBS News.  She contributes to several leading publications including Women’s Day, Women’s Health, Essence and Just Parenting and for several blog posts including MadameNoire, Cafe […]

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil has signed an agreement with the University of Texas to develop a vaccine against the Zika virus, adding the goal is for the vaccine to be ready for clinical testing within 12 months. Health Minister Marcelo Castro said at a news conference that the government will invest $1.9 million in […]

MIAMI (AP) — Florida’s history of fighting off mosquito-borne outbreaks puts the state in perhaps better position than most when it comes to the Zika virus. In 2014, chikungunya, a virus spread by the same species of mosquito as Zika, infected a million people in the Caribbean. While 452 travel-related cases were documented in Florida […]

DCHHS director Zachary Thompson has advised many to use condoms to avoid any sexually transmitted diseases.

DALLAS (AP) — A person in Texas has been infected with the Zika virus after having sex with an ill person who had returned from a country where the disease was present, Dallas County health officials said Tuesday. It’s the first case of the virus being transmitted in the U.S. during the current outbreak of […]

GENEVA (AP) — The Zika virus is “spreading explosively” in the Americas, which could see up to 4 million cases over the next year, international health officials said Thursday, announcing a special meeting next week to decide if they should declare an international health emergency. The warning from the World Health Organization came amid a […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A rare tropical disease is spreading in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean. The mosquito-borne Zika virus usually causes a mild illness but is now suspected in an unusual birth defect and possibly other health issues. Some things to know: WHAT IS ZIKA? The Zika (ZEE’-ka) virus was first discovered […]