The virus is already infecting people in Puerto Rico and Mexico and – when one looks at the Zika virus map below – it’s easy to see why America is next. The map shows the likelihood of an outbreak.

Zika and Pregnancy Zika virus infection during pregnancy can cause microcephaly, a neurological disorder that results in babies being born with abnormally small heads.

The Zika virus, which has been found to cause severe birth defects, has spread across the Americas, prompting the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency.

The U.S. has seen more measles cases in 2025 than in any year since the virus was declared "eliminated" in 2000.

The Zika virus has been linked to the birth defect microcephaly. It is primarily mosquito-borne, but it can also be sexually transmitted. WebMD reports.

A recent Nemours’ Children’s Health study found that the virus has the potential to shrink tumors from a rare and deadly form of childhood cancer called neuroblastoma.

Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey, continues to perplex scientists in many ways nearly 80 years later.

Since the emergence of the Zika virus epidemic in 2014 and the associated novel sequalae that emerged, much has been learned about the effects of antenatal exposure to Zika virus. Zika virus in ...

The species was responsible for a Zika virus outbreak in Miami in 2016. As climate change shifts temperature norms, healthy officials want to know how a spreader species like Aedes aegypti will adapt.

Scientists don’t know how long Zika immunity lasts, and as time goes on, more and more people are being born who are immunologically naive: They’ve never been exposed to the virus before.

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Zika virus, an illness spread through mosquito bites that can cause birth defects and other neurological defects. Facts Sources: Centers for ...

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 ...