On Monday, director general of the World Health Organization Dr. Margaret Chan declared the mosquito-borne Zika virus to be an international public health emergency. Chan made a particular point of ...

In 2015, a horror movie came to life. The mosquitoes that swarm almost all tropical climates began infecting people with a strange new virus. In most, Zika caused no symptoms, or a mild rash and fever ...

Cases of sloth fever, also known as oropouche virus, have risen in August throughout the USA. Nine cases of the Zika-like virus have been reported by Florida’s health department this month, and one ...