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Leonhard Foeger / Reuters Toward an Understanding of Zika's Neurological Dangers
New research comes closer to connecting the virus with microcephaly and Guillain-Barré.
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Ricardo Moraes / Reuters The Link Between Zika and Climate Change
Researchers are beginning to tease out the environmental factors that play a role in helping the virus to spread.
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Juan Carlos Ulate / Reuters The Zika Virus's Family Tree
What the disease spreading through the Americas has in common with yellow fever, dengue, and other flaviviruses
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The White House's Plans for Zika
The Obama administration wants Congress to quickly approve more $1.8 billion in funding to fight the virus, as crucial research into vaccines is already under way.
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Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters The Past, Present, and Future of Zika
Why it’s unique in the landscape of mosquito-borne viruses in the Americas
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Paulo Whitaker / Reuters The Zika Cases in the United States
The first case of the virus transmitted in the country has been confirmed in Texas.
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Enrique Marcarian / Reuters What the Federal Government Is Saying About the Zika Virus
The World Health Organization declared its spread an international emergency. But American officials have taken a calmer tone.
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Felipe Dana / AP An Emergency Meeting on the Zika Virus
The WHO has declared the virus, along with a birth defect to which it has been linked, a global public-health problem.
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Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters What’s Next for the Zika Virus?
The CDC is warning pregnant women against traveling to 22 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, and some of those countries are urging their own citizens to avoid conception.
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Felipe Dana / AP What to Know About Zika Virus
The mosquito-borne illness is spreading through the Americas, and is linked to a serious birth defect.
