Correctional officers often dictate end-of-life care for incarcerated people who are terminally ill. Most states either don’t have a formal policy or are given leeway — a big concern for families and ...

The island of Oahu has at least one confirmed case of the mosquito-borne virus Zika — which can also be transmitted from a ...

A new study reveals the biological secret to the Zika virus's infectious success: Zika uses host cells' own "self-care" ...

The Hawaii Department of Health confirmed a travel-related Zika case where two individuals may have been exposed.

Zika virus (ZIKV) infection is a major public health concern, particularly due to the severe brain development defects it can ...

Remember Zika virus? Hawaii confirms case after six years of no known exposures - A travel-related case of Zika virus was ...

Geneva - People who travel to Zika-hit areas should practice safe sex or have no sex at all for at least eight weeks after their return to avoid sexual transmission of the virus, the World Health ...

Most Arizonans share habitat with the mosquito that causes the Zika virus, whose possible link to babies born with small heads and brains in Brazil caused the World Health Organization to declare ...

In very rare instances, the virus is spread through exposure in a lab, blood transfusions, organ transplants, or from mother to infant via the placenta or breastfeeding. It is not spread through ...

Papua New Guinea reported the presence of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in healthy children from Lae City, Morobe Province, on May 9, 2025. The discovery, stemming from ...

Recent ones include the Marburg virus, Mpox, Ebola, Zika and the nightmarish experience we faced during the Covid-19 pandemic. No one was ready. Governments and scientists across the world ...