Zika

Dallas County has reported at least 90 positive mosquito samples for West Nile Virus. Recent heavy rain has led to more mosquitoes, but the summer heat adds to the problem.

Experts warn that new tropical viruses are headed for the U.S. – and the country should take active measures to fend them off.

The Department of Defense is funding research in San Antonio to see if a new vaccine can prevent birth defects in babies of women exposed to the Zika...

A Texas Biomedical Research Institute scientist is helping develop a test for the Zika virus that has been called “a lab on a chip.”

***Updated at 4:00 p.m. The first documented locally-acquired case of Zika in the continental U.S this year has been detected in Hidalgo County, at the...

The vaccine against Zika vaccine was developed by the Army, with the government paying for clinical trials, too. Health officials want to be sure drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur doesn't make it unaffordable.

From Texas Standard: Mosquito season is looming large in Texas, and with it, renewed fears of mosquito-borne illnesses. Several Zika cases have already...

The Zika virus presents a lot of complications for public health officials, but according to a new study, one of the biggest problems is a knowledge gap.

Mosquito season is upon us, and Texas still isn’t out of the woods when it comes to Zika. The mosquito-borne illness can cause birth defects if a woman...

It's a bit of a paradox, but researchers say they need Zika virus to re-emerge this year so they can test vaccines designed to defeat it.

There could be Zika cases in Texas we missed this year, according to experts in the state. That became clearer after health officials closely monitored...

Women who were infected with Zika virus while abroad and then came to the U.S. had complications about 6 percent of the time, a study finds. First-trimester exposure was linked to more birth defects.