Zika virus is a mosquito-borne infectious disease linked to certain birth defects in infants in South and Central America and the United States. A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) ...

The Missouri State Health Department is reporting an increase in West Nile Virus cases and deaths, with the highest number of ...

Research in mice has demonstrated that Zika can persist in the hypothalamus, affect hormone systems that control growth and reproduction, and even reduce fertility. Similar disruptions in insulin ...

Governments and officials are voicing hopes that COVID-19 vaccines could bring "herd immunity", with some calculating that immunising just two-thirds of a population could halt the pandemic disease ...