A newborn with measles is among the cases reported in the growing West Texas outbreak, Lubbock public health officials say.

Infection with Zika virus in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities and fetal death. Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which nurtures the ...

Zika infection is preventable and can also be cured however, the risk lies among pregnant women transferring the infection to the foetus which can then lead to birth defects. When the infection ...

Scientists at the National Institute of Virology NIV have detected a troubling mutation in the Zika virus strain that spread ...

Respiratory viruses are a major cause of early childhood illness, hospitalization and death around the world. Work by a team ...

Bangladesh has detected a cluster of Zika virus cases for the first time, in a worrying development in a country that is ...

The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, or ICDDR,B, has detected the first “cluster” of Zika ...

The method developed at the University of São Paulo detects and distinguishes between antibodies induced by the pathogens in blood samples. The strategy can be used to orient public policy in health ...

CIDRAP and global health experts set Zika virus preparedness research priorities, stressing the need for improved diagnostics ...

Scientists at ICDDR'B have recently identified five cases among patient samples collected in 2023, representing the first ...

to prevent infection. But pregnant women cannot get the vaccine; instead, they can receive immunoglobulin, or antibodies, up to six days after a measles exposure. Infants younger than 6 months can ...