Zika virus

Canoes, water, mosquitoes — what would summer camp be without them? This year, bug spray will also be in the mix.

Summer Camps Say They're Not Sweating Over Zika Risk

5:32pm June 16, 2016

by Natalie Jacewicz

Mosquitoes are part of the summer camp experience, and camp directors say they'd be hard pressed to deploy CDC guidelines for avoiding Zika virus. But it may not be an issue this summer.

Eight months pregnant, Mara Torres stands next to a mosquito net placed over her bed in Cali, Colombia. Health officials in Cali have delivered mosquito nets to pregnant women to help protect them from the bites of mosquitoes that can transmit dengue, chi

Zika Infection Late In Pregnancy Carries Little Risk of Microcephaly

9:52pm June 15, 2016

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Scientists tracked nearly 600 pregnant women in Colombia, who were reportedly infected with Zika during their third trimester. None of these women gave birth to a baby with apparent problems.

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So You're Going To A Place With Zika? Here's What You Need To Know

8:32am June 11, 2016

by Michaeleen Doucleff

The first question: Should you go at all? The next question: If you do go, how do you protect yourself?

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A common house mosquito (Culex pipiens) is about to sink her six-weaponed proboscis into a human arm. This type transmits West Nile virus by biting infected birds, then biting humans.

WATCH: Mosquitoes Use 6 Needles To Suck Your Blood

11:00am June 07, 2016

by Gabriela Quirós

Beyond pesky, mosquitoes kill hundreds of thousands of people worldwide each year. And the bites aren't random. A mouth packed with sensors, drills, spears and straws guides the bug to blood.

Zulema Arenas #548 of Peru competes in the women's 3000 meter steeplechase during the Ibero American Athletics Championships - Aquece Rio Test Event for the Rio 2016 Olympics at Olympic Stadium on May 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

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Does The Olympics In Rio Put The World In Danger Of Zika?

7:48pm June 03, 2016

by Michaeleen Doucleff

There's a heated battle about the Olympics in Rio. Some health experts are calling for the games to be moved because of Zika. Others say attending the games doesn't pose a threat.

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Zika Worries Prompt U.S. Cyclist To Pull Out Of Rio Contention

6:10pm June 02, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Tejay van Garderen's wife is expecting a baby in October. A U.S. Olympic Committee official says the organization isn't aware of any similar cases of an athlete opting out.

Haddow was a talented artist. Here's his sketch of a monkey at his lab in Uganda.

Zika Discoverer Tells Of 'Human Bait,' Draws Monkeys In Overlooked Archive

5:11pm June 02, 2016

by Thomas K. Grose

No one paid much attention to what Alexander John Haddow found in the 1940s — until the virus he studied roared to life in Latin America this year.

The Paralynpic Athlete, Marcelo Collet, on Tuesday in Salvador, Brazil.

World Health Organization Dismisses Calls To Move Or Postpone Rio Olympics

4:33pm May 28, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

"[C]ancelling or changing the location of the 2016 Olympics will not significantly alter the international spread of Zika virus," WHO says, after scientists called for the Games to be moved.

The two pinkish spheres are the Zika virus (the one at left is depicted in cross section). Surrounded by blood plasma molecules, the virus is shown interacting with the receptors, colored green, on the surface of a cell.

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It's The Zika Virus In Action, Drawn By A Scientist-Artist

12:00pm May 28, 2016

by Maggie Zackowitz

He's a scientist. And an artist. His latest subject: the Zika virus.

Mosquitoes in traps are transported back to the county's laboratory for analysis.

Mosquito Hunters Set Traps Across Houston, Search for Signs of Zika

8:42am May 24, 2016

by Carrie Feibel

Harris County, Texas, operates one of the largest mosquito control operations in the country, with more than 50 people who trap, freeze and test mosquitoes for disease threats.

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