In 2017 new developments, new leaders and new threats promise to tug the reins of global health organizations and send us off in unexpected directions. In fact, we’re already feeling the road change beneath us.
Researchers have identified a potential treatment for Zika to protect both mothers and their unborn babies, and it may be ready for human use in as little as two years.
In the latest attempt to stem the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, scientists are now planning to release millions of mosquitoes infected with bacteria in areas of Brazil and Colombia.
Scientists have ample reason to keep an eye on a mosquito-borne virus called mayaro, but when the media rushes to declare it the next Zika epidemic, the result may do more harm than good. Mayaro has been circulating in Latin America for decades, but little is known about the virus.
Zika is spreading in southeast Asia, but with minimal screening and reporting, the number of official cases remains unusually low.…
Zika may be the top contender in the public’s mind as the world’s biggest mosquito-borne disease threat, but some health…
Health officials have declared the Zika epidemic over in Colombia, but microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome, which have been linked to…
Demand for abortions in countries affected by Zika has increased dramatically as women seek out ‘abortion pills’ online, according to…
After months of congressional debate over the Obama administration’s $1.9 billion request to tackle Zika, a spending bill that would…
When Rio secured its place in 2009 as the host of the 2016 Olympics, Brazil was a rapidly developing country with…