Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey, continues to perplex scientists in many ways nearly 80 years later. While many people with a Zika virus infection ...

By altering the metabolism of the skin, the Zika virus guarantees its own survival, resulting in turning humans into mosquito ...

WHO reports a significant increase in Zika virus cases in India, especially in Maharashtra with 140 cases recorded alone in ...

India has reported a total of 151 Zika virus disease (ZVD) between January 1 and December 31, 2024, according to the latest update by the World Health Organization (WHO). The cases were reported from ...

Maharashtra reported 140 cases of the Zika virus disease in 2024, its highest since 2021, said a situation report published ...

Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome (WSS) research reveals MLL protein's role in neurodevelopment and potential therapeutic avenues for treatment.

By: Monica Leff, M.D., obstetrician & gynecologist, Chair, Women’s Division, MemorialCare Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Each year, January marks National Birth Defects Awareness Month, a time ...

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Researchers from Indiana University (IU) and Makerere University in Uganda suggest that high uric acid concentrations ...

Below is a comprehensive overview of seven major tropical diseases and effective strategies to prevent them.

A new study comparing blood samples from menopausal women pre- and post-COVID shows that those with elevated leukocyte (white ...

A disease model is an animal or cells displaying all or some of the pathological processes that are observed in the actual human or animal disease. Studying disease models aids understanding of ...