
Health authorities in Brazil are warning couples to delay pregnancies as they treat thousands of cases of infant brain damage experts believe could be linked to the rare African Zika virus. Some suggest the virus made its appearance in Brazil through the high influx of tourists following the 2014 World Cup.
by Frances Martel24 Dec 2015, 7:17 AM PST0

California health officials are concerned over the arrival of nonnative mosquitos that are known to carry deadly diseases and that are quickly spreading across the southern part of the Golden State.
by Adelle Nazarian26 Oct 2015, 6:08 AM PST0

The first human case of Chikungunya (pronounced chik-un-gun-ya) has been confirmed in Collin County, Texas, located just northeast of Dallas. The infected individual recently traveled to another country and returned to the states with the virus. The risk of spread to Americans is from the virus being imported by travelers. Collin County is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, statistical area.
by Lana Shadwick13 Aug 2015, 8:11 AM PST0

Two major public health groups in Venezuela are warning that President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government is ignoring a surge in cases of the crippling chikungunya virus that could lead to a “humanitarian crisis” in the increasingly impoverished OPEC nation.
by Frances Martel7 Jan 2015, 10:37 AM PST0

Chikungunya, a virus hailing from Africa and spreading rapidly in the Caribbean and South America earlier this year, may have just become an even bigger problem for Brazil, just as that nation’s summer is set to begin.
by Frances Martel2 Jan 2015, 10:07 AM PST0

Actress Lindsey Lohan was looking to catch some rest while vacationing in the French Polynesian, but instead caught something else; a virus called Chikungunya.
by Kipp Jones31 Dec 2014, 8:40 AM PST0