When the Zika virus was first isolated from a Ugandan forest monkey in 1947 and found in mildly ill humans a few years later, it was hardly worth a mention in the annals of human disease. What a ...

Italian researchers say they’ve found evidence Zika can affect the brains of adults, and may damage memory. The virus is now known to cause devastating damage to the brains of developing fetuses, and ...

Images from Brazil of babies with undersized heads, a condition called microcephaly, are unsettling, and the surge in cases raises many questions about what the future may hold for these children, ...

Symptoms of Zika virus are typically mild and may include fever, rash, and joint pain. For most people, symptoms are not harmful, but the virus can lead to serious complications if you’re pregnant.

As the Zika virus continues to spread through the Americas—and with hundreds of imported cases here in the United States—here’s what every American needs to know about the virus and their risk. There ...

Locally transmitted Zika in Texas? Officials in Texas have found a possible case of locally transmitted Zika in the state. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook and CBS News medical ...

Zika is a virus that primarily spreads through infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and can cause serious birth defects in babies whose mothers were infected during pregnancy, the Centers for Disease ...

“It is now clear that the virus causes microcephaly,” CDC director says. — -- The Zika virus has been confirmed to cause a rare birth defect called microcephaly and other severe problems of the ...

Is the threat of the Zika virus affecting your vacation plans? If you're expecting or planning to become a mom or dad-to-be soon, you're right to be concerned. As the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Zika is a disease that seems to keep evolving, and escalating. The mosquito-borne virus many thought would be a milder version of dengue has turned out to be a serious neurological threat, causing the ...

John Speraw, the coach of the American men's indoor volleyball team, is taking precautions before the 2016 Summer Olympics Although the World Health Organization announced earlier this week that there ...

Zika virus is a flavivirus, part of the same family as yellow fever, West Nile, chikungunya and dengue fever. Zika is primarily transmitted through the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito. It ...