What Does Warming Planet Mean for Mosquito-Bourne Diseases?
Workers in Ecuador spray insecticide to kill Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which spread dengue, chikungunya and Zika diseases. Credit: Dany Krom ...
Tag: Zika
BARDA Backs Food-Grade Compound as Repellent Against Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has announced intentions to award a research and development contract to Evolva ...
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and the Race for a Zika Vaccine
When the Zika virus emerged as a global threat, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) drew on its ...
Laboratory Reagents for NAMRU-6’s Virology & Emerging Infections Department
The Naval Medical Research Unit 6 (NAMRU-6) is seeking to purchase laboratory reagents to be used for molecular diagnosis of ...
CDC Contract to Africa Biosystems Supports Zika Surveillance in Kenya
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Center for Global Health has announced intentions to award a sole source ...
CNN to Debut ‘Unseen Enemy’ Special on Pandemics
UNSEEN ENEMY, about the potential looming crisis of disease pandemics, will debut as a CNN Films broadcast for a World ...
PHEMCE Review: Accomplishments and Future Areas of Opportunity
The United States continues to face national security risks from natural, accidental , and intentional health threats. Efforts to improve ...
Viral Outbreak Tracking Software ‘Nextstrain’ Wins Open Science Prize
Nextstrain is a real-time tracker of viruses such as Ebola (shown here) as they mutate. Credit: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research ...
NIAID-Backed Phase 1b Study to Evaluate Broad-Spectrum Antiviral for Dengue
A Phase 1b multiple ascending dose study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of UV-4B has been initiated by Emergency ...
MSU Researcher Engineering Mosquitoes to Fight Zika
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $1 million grant to Michigan State University to fight ...
From Outbreak to Endemicity: The Risks of Fading Interest in Zika
Although cases of Zika virus infection appear to be decreasing, the mosquito-borne virus likely will become endemic in the Americas ...
RFP – Clinical Research Services Sought by NIH Vaccine Research Center
The Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is soliciting for clinical ...
Microreact Epidemic Tracking Tool Embraces Open Data and Collective Intelligence
Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Imperial College London have developed Microreact, a free, real-time epidemic visualization and ...
Zika in Fetal Brain Tissue Responds to Popular Antibiotic Azithromycin
University of California San Francisco (UCSF) researchers have determined that azithromycin, a common antibiotic regarded as safe for use during ...
First Case of Possible Local Zika Transmission Reported in Texas
Texas health officials have reported that Zika virus infection has been diagnosed in a resident of Brownsville, Texas, without any ...
Zika Model Reveals Leaky Blood-Brain Barrier, Abnormal Vessel Formation
Jianfu "Jeff" Chen, an assistant professor of genetics in UGA's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Credit: UGA University of ...
Zika: Study Finds Antibody That Protects Against Fetal Disease
James Crowe Jr., M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center. Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Administering a human antibody that ...
University of Miami, Heat Biologics Partner on Zika Vaccine
The University of Miami has entered into an agreement with Heat Biologics, Inc. to license and develop a portfolio of ...
New Zika-Fighting App from Texas A&M
Screenshots of Zika App. Credit: Texas A&M Researchers from Texas A&M have created a type of mobile app to fight the Zika-spreading ...
Spotlight on WHO’s New Health Emergencies Programme
Worldwide, a record 130 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, and disease outbreaks are a constant global threat. ...
