HOUSTON (WPVI) -- As the weather warms and more mosquitoes buzz health officials have a warning. The first confirmed case of the Zika virus is in Harris County, Texas after a woman traveled to El ...

North Carolina lacks the ability to track and combat the spread of mosquitoes as the Zika virus that has been blamed for brain-damaged babies in Brazil makes its way into the United States, according ...

A Matthew Aliota, research scientist in the department of pathobiological sciences in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine: Not all mosquitoes can transmit the Zika virus, ...

On 1 February 2016, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) due to a serious outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil. Zika virus, a ...

Researchers in Brazil announced Thursday the "presence of the Zika virus" in Culex mosquitoes (the common house mosquito) in the eastern city of Recife. The findings were released with a word of ...

The invasive species was discovered in Livermore earlier this month. This type of mosquito is aggressive during the daytime and tends to target ankles. The Aedes aegypti mosquito can transmit dengue, ...

A Biosecurity Research Institute study has found important results in the fight against Zika virus: Culex mosquitoes do not appear to transmit Zika virus. Researchers at Kansas State University's ...

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Wet weather in Central California this March is expected to give mosquitos lots of places to breed. That's why Valley mosquito abatement districts are starting their efforts ...

Zika virus belongs to the same family as dengue virus and Aliota and Osorio -- with co-authors Stephen Penaido at SVM and Ivan Dario Velez, at the Universidad de Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia -- ...