Tag: Zika Virus

The uptick in sexually transmitted cases of the virus has the World Health Organization worried. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

WHO: Sexual transmission of Zika more common

Robert King · March 8, 2016 7:05 pm

WHO reticent to confirm Zika-birth defect link

Robert King · March 5, 2016 12:01 am

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday that a day-long Zika summit will take place at the agency's headquarters in Atlanta on April 1. (AP Photo)

CDC plans Zika summit

Robert King · March 4, 2016 7:20 pm

Professor Hengli Tang, right, is a lead author of a lab study that found the Zika virus infects embryonic cells that help form the brain, adding to evidence that Zika causes a serious birth defect. (FSU Photography Services/Florida State University via AP)

Scientists reach Zika breakthrough

Robert King · March 4, 2016 6:14 pm

"We believe this will be the high season for Zika transmission as well," said Bruce Aylward, WHO executive director for outbreaks and health emergencies, during a Friday press conference in Geneva. (AP Photo)

WHO: ‘High season’ for Zika below the equator

Robert King · March 4, 2016 5:01 pm

"The funding needs to come and is time sensitive," Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Feds: We need Zika money now

Robert King · March 3, 2016 4:11 pm

A lack of fetal tissue research could hurt scientists' efforts to study the spreading Zika virus, according to a scientist. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)

Lack of fetal tissue could hurt research into Zika virus

Robert King · March 2, 2016 4:48 pm

Of the nine women confirmed to have the Zika virus, two lost their pregnancy, two actively terminated them and three gave birth. Two others are continuing with their pregnancies. (AP Photo)

Two of nine pregnant women with Zika choose abortions

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 26, 2016 7:42 pm

A new study found the quickly spreading virus might be linked to stillbirths and more birth defects. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Zika may cause stillbirths

Robert King · February 25, 2016 10:28 pm

"Where is the plan?" asked Andy Harris, D-Md. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

House lawmakers slam Zika funding request

Robert King · February 25, 2016 5:23 pm

Fauci: NIH needs Zika funds

Robert King · February 24, 2016 9:54 pm

"Hearings may be good PR, but it is time to step up and fund more medical research," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., during a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo)

Senate Dem: Talk is cheap on Zika virus

Robert King · February 24, 2016 5:35 pm