Zika Virus News

• Mosquitoes Genetically Modified to Stop Disease Pass Early Test To curb the spread of mosquito-borne illnesses like Dengue and Zika, scientists have genetically modified the insects and released them in the US.
  WebMD Health News, May 09, 2022
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• Ivermectin Does Not Improve COVID-19 Outcomes Ivermectin neither reduced hospital admissions for worsening COVID-19 nor shortened the time that infected patients spent in the emergency room, according to data from a large randomized controlled trial.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2022
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• Mortality 12 Times Higher in Children With Congenital Zika About 80% of people infected with Zika virus show no symptoms, and that's particularly problematic during pregnancy.
  Medscape Medical News, February 23, 2022
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• Testes May 'Serve as Viral Sanctuary' for SARS-CoV-2: Small Study Questions arise as to whether COVID-19 could be spread by semen. If larger studies support the conclusions, the findings could have implications for reproductive health.
  Medscape Medical News, February 10, 2022
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• ACIP Releases New Dengue Vaccine Recommendations Sanofi's Dengvaxia has been recommended for use in the US by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
  Medscape Medical News, January 13, 2022
• Pandemic Poses Short- and Long-Term Risks to Babies, Notably Boys A mother's immune response to COVID can be a greater danger to the fetus than the virus itself.
  Kaiser Health News, December 21, 2021
• Incidence of Arboviruses in Mexico Likely Higher Than Previously Thought More accurate testing reveals that the incidence of dengue, chikungunya, and zika viruses in endemic areas of Mexico is likely higher than previously reported, a cross-sectional study shows.
  Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2021
• India's Latest Zika Outbreak Sees Surge of Nearly 100 Cases At least 89 people, including 17 children, have tested positive for the Zika virus in a surge of cases in the Indian city of Kanpur, its health department said on Monday.
  Reuters Health Information, November 08, 2021
• Babies Are Dying of Syphilis. It's 100% Preventable. The United States' inability to curb a treatable sexually transmitted disease shows the failures of a cash-strapped public health system. Increasingly, newborns are paying the price.
  ProPublica, November 01, 2021
• To Study Zika, They Offered Their Kids. Then They Were Forgotten. "It's like we were lab rats. They come in nicely, collect information, collect exams on the child, and in the end we don't know of any results."
  Undark, October 06, 2021
• As Zika-Affected Babies Grow, Developmental Outcomes Vary At age 2 years and beyond, babies born with microcephaly after exposure to Zika virus in the womb often have more severe neurodevelopmental delays and slower growth rates than their peers, report researchers from Brazil.
  Reuters Health Information, September 15, 2021
• Case Reports Identify Guillain-Barré Variants After COVID Vaccine Report findings from India and the UK 'should prompt all physicians to be vigilant in recognizing Guillain-Barré syndrome in patients who have received the AstraZeneca vaccine,' investigators say.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2021
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• Dengue Infections Can Be Sharply Reduced With Wolbachia Bacteria A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine belies the extraordinary 77% protective efficacy reported for preventing dengue infections with Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
  Medscape Medical News, June 14, 2021
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• Dengue May Double the Risk of Symptomatic COVID-19 A study from Brazil suggests that symptomatic COVID-19 infections are more common in people who previously had dengue. Is there a connection?
  Medscape Medical News, May 24, 2021
• Getting Sick for the Sake of Medical Research The first COVID-19 human challenge trial has begun in the UK. Here's what past trials have been like for participants.
  Undark, April 07, 2021
• Lab Leak: A Scientific Debate Mired in Politics — and Unresolved More than a year into the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, some scientists say the possibility of a lab leak never got a fair look.
  Undark, March 17, 2021
• How Wikipedia Fought COVID Misinformation Some illustrious medical publications were foiled by dubious data in the pandemic publishing flurry. How did the online encyclopedia avoid these pitfalls?
  Medscape Medical News, March 10, 2021
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• Zika Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise in Phase 1 Trial A Zika virus vaccine candidate prompted antibody responses in 80% of individuals who received two doses in a phase 1 study.
  Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2021
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• Neonates May Be Unprotected from SARS-CoV-2 Transmission No maternal viremia, placental infection, or vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurred during a biorepository study that included 64 women with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2021
• Underestimating the Coronavirus...Until It Was Too Late When Chinese officials revealed that their pneumonia outbreak was caused by another new coronavirus, Asian countries hit hard by SARS knew what they had to do. The US learned all the wrong lessons.
  Kaiser Health News, December 21, 2020