A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

Sep. 12, 2022 — Scientists solve the mystery of how Zika virus takes over key immune system cells. New findings shed light on how to stop the virus from ... Monday, March 17, 2025 ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

Two summers ago, Zika virus infected more than half a million people and caused more than 3,700 birth defects in the Americas. Then, the virus nosedived. With the weather warming and mosquitoes ...