A consortium of Brazilian research centers has gathered data on 843 children born from 2015 to 2018 with Zika-related ...

The Zika virus epidemic that began in Brazil in 2015 and quickly spread to other countries caused an unprecedented flood of ...

Events such as the World Cup could have facilitated the spread, scientists say. — -- It’s not just humans who can travel rapidly across the world. Viruses and disease-spreading insects and ...

Brazil's top health official said on Monday that the Zika virus outbreak is proving to be worse than believed because most cases show no symptoms, but improved testing should allow the country to get ...

Brazilian health officials have discovered active Zika virus in urine and saliva samples, the Associated Press reports. While it isn’t clear at this time whether Zika is communicable through these ...

The Zika virus has probably been circulating quietly and undetected in Brazil since 2013, a new genetic study shows. A large international team of experts used a "genetic clock" to show Zika virus has ...

The Zika virus may have arrived in Brazil up to two years before the first reported cases, a new study suggests. The mosquito-borne virus may have reached Brazil between May and December 2013.

RIO DE JANEIRO – Maria Vitoria Alves Bezerac is 13 years old, 32 weeks pregnant and living in daily fear of the Zika virus. While American athletes and potential Olympic Games visitors have expressed ...

Brazilian Health Ministry on Friday denied withholding Zika virus samples, saying it was willing to share related samples and information with foreign institutions that hope to study the virus.

NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — For the first time, scientists in South America discovered the presence of an active Zika virus in urine and saliva samples, according to a Brazilian Health Institute.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's top health official said on Monday that the Zika virus outbreak is proving to be worse than believed because most cases show no symptoms, but improved testing should ...