Zika
News from the FDA/CDC
Fewer Zika-infected pregnancies reported for second week in a row
The number of new Zika cases in pregnant women dropped for the second week in a row, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and...
News from the FDA/CDC
Weekly number of Zika-infected pregnancies drops by half
There were 146 new cases of pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika infection reported in the United States for the week ending Nov. 3 –...
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Another Zika vaccine heads to Phase I trials
The candidate vaccine is known as the Zika Purified Inactivated Virus (ZPIV) vaccine and contains whole but inactivated Zika virus particles to...
News from the FDA/CDC
Large increase seen in number of Zika-infected pregnancies
The 288 new cases of pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika infection reported for the week ending Oct. 27, 2016, represent the largest...
News from the FDA/CDC
United States nears 3,000 Zika-infected pregnancies
There were 54 new cases of pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika virus in the 50 states and D.C. reported during the week ending Oct. 20...
News from the FDA/CDC
Zika increase slows slightly in pregnant women
The total number of pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika infection in the United States and its territories rose by 142 for the week...
News from the FDA/CDC
Number of Zika-infected pregnant women continues to climb
The number of pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika infection increased by 209 for the week ending Oct. 6, the second-largest weekly...
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VIDEO: DNA-derived Zika vaccine in humans holds promise
BALTIMORE – Dr. Kathleen M. Neuzil, director of the University of Maryland’s Center for Vaccine Development, shares details on progress of the...
News from the FDA/CDC
United States nears 2,500 Zika cases in pregnant women
The number of Zika virus cases continues to rise, with 177 more pregnant women showing laboratory evidence of infection in the United States for...
From the Journals
Further evidence links Zika, Guillain-Barré syndrome
Zika virus found in Colombian patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome supports the theory that Zika virus infection and Guillain-Barré syndrome are...
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Zika virus shows no signs of slowing down
The Zika virus had another big week as the number of new cases among pregnant women topped 200 again for the week ending Sept. 22, according to...